Acknowledgements
I am indebted to the Hawthornden International Writers’ Retreat, at which the idea for this novel was conceived. Many thanks are also due to Creative Scotland (previously the Scottish Arts Council) for a Writers’ Bursary that bought me time and space to write. Finally, I am grateful to the K Blundell Trust whose grant helped me out in tight times.
Early extracts from this novel were published in The Antigonish Review, Bordercrossing Berlin and Gutter.