When private detective Dirk Gently arrives several hours late for his appointment with his only client he finds him decapitated with his head revolving on a turntable's record, the police in firm belief that it can only be suicide as nobody could have entered the room and a slightly violent teenager who punches his nose upstairs. As if this were not enough soon a link with a vanished passenger check-in desk (including the check-in girl) at London Heathrow becomes apparent, Dirk Gently has some trouble with a fierce eagle and a presumably very dirty fridge and several immortal Gods seem to walk the Earth...
It is a whimsical story with many great passages that are hilariously funny. The characters get into some very bizarre and yet in some respect recognisable situations, often finding exemplary or not-so-exemplary creative solutions for the troubles in life, e.g. how to speed up the repair of your car. The way the story was told, however, bothered me a bit - sometimes the novel has some lengths, sometimes, especially at the end, important events are summarized in a few sentences which I find a pity.
Nonetheless it is a highly entertaining, cleverly written novel for those who do not fear weirdness.