Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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- First edition
- Heinemann, 1987
The first edition of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams was published in London by Heinemann in 1987. We track 1 edition.
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- 36 on Open Library, 17 in English
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