Dirk Gently
Fictional character invented by Douglas Adams / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 2010 TV adaptation, see Dirk Gently (TV series). For the 2016 TV adaptation, see Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series).
Dirk Gently (born Svlad Cjelli, also known as Dirk Cjelli) is a fictional character created by English writer Douglas Adams and featured in the books Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and The Salmon of Doubt. He is portrayed as a pudgy man who normally wears a heavy old light brown suit, red checked shirt with a green striped tie, long leather coat, red hat and thick metal-rimmed spectacles. "Dirk Gently" is not the character's real name. It is noted early on in the first book that it is a pseudonym for "Svlad Cjelli". Dirk himself states that the name has a "Scottish dagger feel" to it.