
Acknowledgements
First, to my beautiful wife Jane-Lizbeth, who put up with my
absence by banishing me to the study, and driving a hard bargain
that no Chardonnay could touch my lips until the day’s quota of
1,500 words – at least – had been written.
Secondly, this work would not have been possible but for the
trust, support and encouragement of the London Pearson pub-
lishing team providing guidance 12,000 miles away from my
home in Bondi Beach. The stars pulling this project together
have been Rachel Hayter, who hounded me to make the dead-
line; Emma Devlin, for sorting out the legals and coordinating
the