Things aren't going so well for Brian McKechnie. His wife was attacked in their home, his cat was brutally killed and now a man with a suspiciously erratic accent is blackmailing him. When the police fail spectacularly at finding out who's after him, McKechnie engages the services of London's most unusual private eye. Duffy is a detective like no other. A bisexual ex-policeman with a phobia of ticking watches and a penchant for Tupperware. But what he lacks in orthodoxy he makes up for in street-smart savvy and no-nonsense ...
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Things aren't going so well for Brian McKechnie. His wife was attacked in their home, his cat was brutally killed and now a man with a suspiciously erratic accent is blackmailing him. When the police fail spectacularly at finding out who's after him, McKechnie engages the services of London's most unusual private eye. Duffy is a detective like no other. A bisexual ex-policeman with a phobia of ticking watches and a penchant for Tupperware. But what he lacks in orthodoxy he makes up for in street-smart savvy and no-nonsense dealings. Intrigued by McKechnie's dilemma and the apparent incompetency of his ex-colleagues, Duffy heads to his old patch, the seedy underbelly of Soho, to begin inquiries of his own. Helped by some shady characters from his past, Duffy discover that while things have changed in the years since he was working the area, the streets are still mean and the crooks walk arm in arm with the blues. Full to bursting with sex, violence and dodgy dealings, DUFFY is a gripping and entertaining crime novel with a distinctly different and entirely lovable anti-hero.
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Add this copy of Duffy to cart. $12.73, new condition, Sold by GreatBookPricesUK5 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castle Donington, DERBYSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ).
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Add this copy of Duffy to cart. $40.10, very good condition, Sold by Robin Summers Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Aldeburgh, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by Jonathan Cape.
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Physical description: 181 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: English fiction; Fiction in English; 20th century; Thrillers; Mystery; Detective fiction; London. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
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None. Fine in Fine jacket. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of Julian Barnes' detective fiction series featuring the detective and ex-policeman 'Duffy'. Signed by Barnes under his pseudonymous name Dan Kavanagh. Â This novel was issued the same year as 'Metroland', Barnes' debut novel which was published under his own name. Â He wrote this work under the pseudonym as it was liberating and allowed him to indulge in 'fantasies of violence' that he could not write under his own name, as he stated in a 2014 Guardian interview. Reviews for this work comment on the use of callous rhetoric, a far cry and contrast from Barnes' novels issued under his own name. Under the name Kavanagh, Barnes allows himself a different literary personality. Â The Duffy novels were only reissued in 2014, over thirty years since their initial publication. Any edition of the work is extremely scarce, and we have a fine first edition here. Â The character Duffy is dubbed as being one of Britain's first openly bi-sexual detectives. This first novel explores the 'seedy underbelly of soho'. There were four Duffy novels total, 'Duffy', 'Fiddle City', 'Putting the Boot in' and 'Going to the Dogs'. Â 'Duffy was a bisexual investigator well acquainted with the delicate balance between the law and outlaw in Soho's Golden Mile. It had been four years since he left the force, his career cut short when someone mysteriously framed him...He wondered why the police were bungling their surveillance. 'Â An unusual, and very scarce work of Detective Fiction. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine.
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New. The first novel in a darkly humorous London-based crime series featuring bisexual private detective Duffy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202. 2014. 0th Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Duffy >>>> a Superb Signed Uk Reissue Hardback Edition to cart. $60.31, like new condition, Sold by Zeitgeist Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Twickenham, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Jonathan Cape.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st Printing. A fine UK reissue hardback, first printing thus-in a fine unclipped dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED BY JULIAN BARNES as Dan Kavanagh-Pictures available upon request.
Add this copy of Duffy (Duffy 1) to cart. $19.90, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ).
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
