Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Max Landis, 2016-2017
The Salmon of Doubt
Douglas Adams, 2002
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a TV series created by Max Landis in 2016 and based on the book The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, first published in 2002. 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
2002
Pages
298
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
The Salmon of Doubt
Author: Douglas Adams
Country: UK
First published in: 2002
Length: 298 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Dirk Gently
User polls & recommendations
“I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels. If the movie never gets made, it'd almost be okay because I did it. It's there on the page.”
QUENTIN TARANTINO (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter, Actor)
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