This book wouldn’t have been written were it not for Patrick Bradley. His encouragement and enthusiasm have been inexhaustible. But it’s his friendship that I value above all else: I can’t thank him enough for that.
I would also like to thank Dan Franklin at Jonathan Cape, Andrew Gordon at David Higham and Maureen Freely at Warwick, who have been instrumental in bringing this book to life.
As always, however, the ones who have made it all worthwhile are Kathy, Antonia and Claudia.