Duffy_(novel)
Duffy (novel)
Novel by Julian Barnes
Duffy is a novel by Julian Barnes writing under the pseudonym of Dan Kavanagh. Barnes published the novel the year after he married the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, to whom he dedicated the book.[2] It is the first of a four-novel series featuring the title character Duffy, a bisexual private detective and ex-policeman with a 'phobia of ticking watches and a penchant for Tupperware'.[3] Originally published by Jonathan Cape in 1980, it was republished by Orion books in 2014.[1]