Past Imperfect
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Synopsis
Damian Baxter is very, very rich - and he's dying. He lives alone in a big house in Surrey, looked after by a chauffeur, butler, cook and housemaid. He has but one concern: who should inherit his fortune...PAST IMPERFECT is the story of a quest. Damian Barker wishes to know if he has a living heir. By the time he married in his late thirties he was sterile (the result of adult mumps), but what about before that unfortunate illness? He was not a virgin. Had he sired a child? A letter from a girlfriend from these times suggests he did. But the letter is anonymous. Damian contacts someone he knew from their days at university. He gives him a list of girls he slept with and sets him a task: find his heir...
Book details
Published
30/04/2009
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
ISBN
9780753825419
Publisher and industry reviews
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'Guaranteed page turners don't come much better than Past Imperfect...witty, intelligent and elegantly written' SUNDAY HERALD 'This delightful comedy of manners from a master of social satire is perceptive, acute and ultimately very poignant.' GOOD BOOK GUIDE
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