Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Max Landis, 2016-2017
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams, 1988
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a TV series created by Max Landis in 2016 and based on the book The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams, first published in 1988. The TV series features Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif, Jade Eshete, Mpho Koaho, and others.
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Storyline
The series is based around the eccentric Dirk Gently who claims to be a holistic detective, investigating obscure cases based on the inter-connectivity of all things. Dirk is not only followed by agents of Blackwing trying to recapture him but also by Bart Curlish, another Blackwing subject who considers herself a holistic assassin and believes she is destined to kill Dirk.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
TV Series
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Creator: Max Landis
Country: USA
Year: 2016-2017
Length: 1h / 18 episodes
Year
1988
Pages
307
Book Rate
8.08
S: Goodreads
Book
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Author: Douglas Adams
Country: UK
First published in: 1988
Length: 307 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Dirk Gently
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“I've heard so many stories about directors not even reading the books that the movies are based on.”
BRIAN SELZNICK (Writer)
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