The light works, the gravity works. Everything else we have to take our chances with... After the many and conflicting versions of the legendary Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams created Dirk Gently: a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a troubled relationship with the laws of causality, and a love of cats and pizza. Regular Cover
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Previously... This case takes place after the events of A Spoon Too Short.
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