title: Trouble: A Novel
author:  Fay Weldon 
description: Pregnant and about to publish her first novel, Annette Horrock finds that her husband is making her seemingly perfect life a perfect hell. <br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  FAY WELDON
  
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  The Bulgari Connection
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
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   **Contents**
  
  [Cover](../Text/9780007390496_epub_cvi_r1.htm)
  
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   _Also by Fay Weldon_
  
  Copyright
  
  About the Publisher
  
   **1**
  
  Doris Dubois is twenty-three years younger than I am. She is slimmer than I
  am, and more clever. She has a degree in economics, and hosts a TV arts
  programme. She lives in a big house with a swimming pool at the end of a
  country lane. It used to be mine. She has servants and a metal security gate
  which glides open when her little Mercedes draws near. I tried to kill her
  once, but failed.
  
  When Doris Dubois comes into a room all heads turn: she has a sunny
  disposition and perfect teeth. She smiles a lot and most people find
  themselves returning the smile