num_pages: 325
description: 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.
language: English
title: Women in the Background
titlecomplete: Women in the Background
genres: Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 62
publisher: Mandarin