Ben, in The World

Acknowledgments

My grateful thanks, as always, to my agent Jonathan Clowes, and in particular for the contributions he has made to this story of Ben Lovatt, the Fifth Child.

And my gratitude too to Suzette Macedo for her advice on the Brazilian part of the book; and to Martin Copertari who helped me with information about conditions in north-west Argentina, a splendidly beautiful part of the world.