Intrusion

Acknowledgements

This book owes a good deal to my year as Writer in Residence at the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum at Edinburgh University, whose academic and administrative staff are among the most intellectually stimulating, friendly and helpful people you could hope to meet. In view of this, it’s perhaps more than a formality to state that this book’s characters, their views and their actions are entirely fictitious, and bear no relation to any living person.

Thanks to Carol, Sharon and Michael for love and support throughout.

Thanks to Darren Nash for the initial brainstorming (and the beer); to Mic Cheetham, Sharon MacLeod, Mairi Ann Cullen, Steve Sturdy and Farah Mendlesohn for reading and commenting on the first draft.