Mrs Murphy Hires a Cleaner by Katharine Kincaid
Emily Murphy wonders if she s lost her plug. She doesn t seem to be connected to life s electricity anymore as she wanders about her enormous, empty home. Her once-idealistic, handsome husband Alex has metamorphosed into a hard, ruthless, work-obsessed capitalist, the children are long since gone and so are her looks. Then into her life comes Mae McNulty, the cleaner. With four children by four absent men, not to mention a lady-killing, sharp-dressing father, an irascible grandfather and an illegally enlarged council house, Mae could not be more different to her employer. Despite their differences, the two women soon form a strong friendship and a complex, hilarious train of events begins, involving mistaken identity, two pounds of Semtex, a transvestite prostitute, the police, four fathers and a health and beauty salon in Bootle called Cleopatra s.
Astute Liverpudlian comedy after Tom Sharpe - The Mirror on Mrs Murphy Hires a CleanerNever stops entertaining - Herts & Essex Star Mrs Murphy Hires a CleanerBrilliant - B London Mrs Murphy Hires a CleanerIt's one of those laugh-out-loud romps you daren't read on a train - East Anglian Daily Times Mrs Murphy Hires a CleaneA good, light read - Good Housekeeping Mrs Murphy Hires a Cleaner
Kath Kincaid was born in Liverpool and now lives in Essex with her husband. She has three grown-up sons. She has written a variety of short stories and plays before MRS MURPHY HIRES A CLEANER, her comic debut.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340768808 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340768800 |
| Title | Mrs Murphy Hires a Cleaner |
| Author | Katharine Kincaid |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2000-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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