It was none the less a perfectly ordinary horse, such as convergent evolution has produced in many of the places that life is to be found. They have always understood a great deal more than they let on. It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion about them.

Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Horses Animals Man and animals

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Douglas Adams

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Novel

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Detective fiction

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English

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1987 1980s 20th century

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Adams, Douglas. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. William Heinemann Ltd./Pocket Books, 1987, ch. 2.

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John Williams (novelist)
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Butcher's Crossing
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