Acknowledgements

I’m fortunate to have the belief and support of a group of great readers who also happen to be my agent and publishers: Peter Straus, Chiki Sarkar, Rosalind Porter, Sonny Mehta, Diana Miller.

My mother continues, as ever, to inspire me: this book is for her too.

Rinka embraced the idea when I put it to her: I procrastinated, and she brought me round.

Lastly, there’s Radha, to whom I am grateful for—among other things—thinking I am funny.