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Barry Humphries's first novel. Mrs Petty is a famous housewife with a successful TV show. She is also Derek Pettyfer - fiftyish, cultured, set in his ways. His arrival at any party, however sophisticated, always provokes a discreet little frisson amongst the guests. But Derek is also lonely.
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Barry Humphries, sometimes known as Dame Edna Everage, is the author of several books and many one-man plays. More Please, his first autobiographical foray won the J.R Ackerley Prize in 1993. Since his success on the Broadway stage in 1999, where he won a special Tony Award, Barry Humphries has been on an extended theatrical tour of the Unites States. He is married to Lizzie Spender and has two sons and two daughters.
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- PublisherRandom House UK
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0434003565
- ISBN 13 9780434003563
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