ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A book is never called from the Void by one voice and it needed a veritable chorus to bring this one from Chaos to harmony.

I would like to thank the Pirovano family in Holland, for their generosity of spirit, snow and fireworks. I owe a debt of gratitude to Bernard and his myrmidons, Mary, Regina, Doreen, Teresa, Ingrid and Anne at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland. In Australia, I want to thank Jacqui Carmody, who typed the book from the rough; Wendy Lohse, Virginia Lowe and my mother, Marjory, who read it in various barely comprehensible incarnations; my editor, Kay Ronai, for enduring the long haul, Alex, for very fine tuning and Erica, for sundry hand-holding; and especially Shane, who minded my life and me while I segued in the Void.

My grateful thanks finally, and yet again, to the Australia Council, who have never faltered in their support of me as a writer.