Inspector Drake and the Time Machine
David Tristram
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams, James Goss, Arvind Ethan David
Synopsis
After The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , Douglas Adams went on to create Dirk Gently, a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a unique relationship with the laws of probability, and a love of cats and pizza.
In Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency , Dirk finds himself on the trail of a gruesome murderer who is somehow involved with the works of Coleridge, quantum physics, and the enigmatic study of the Cambridge Professor of Chronology.
Ultimately, the stakes of the case are far greater than a single murder, but go to the fate of life on Earth.
Confused?
Don’t be — everything is connected.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| DIRK GENTLY a holistic detective |
| JANICE PEARCE Dirk’s secretary |
| “REG” , Professor Urban Chronotis – Regius Professor of Chronology, University of Cambridge |
| RICHARD MacDUFF a coder |
| GORDON WAY a (late) tech magnate |
| SUSAN WAY a musician, Gordon’s sister |
| MICHAEL WENTON-WEAKES A (fired) magazine editor. Possessed. |
| SERGEANT GILKS A plainclothes police detective |
| *PERKINS A policeman |
| *ALBERT ROSS Editor, Fathom Magazine |
| SARAH ANDROYD a little girl |
| *MARVIN ANDROYD her father |
| *WATKIN a don |
| *GORDON’S HOUSEKEEPER |
| *WAITRESS, *BRIDE, *GROOM, *WEDDING GUESTS, *DONS, *GHOSTS, *ALIENS , etc. |
| HORSE |
Publication
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comedy play written by Douglas Adams and published by Samuel French .
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