‘Married Love’, ‘Friendly Fire’, ‘A Mouthful of Cut Glass’, ‘The Trojan Prince’, ‘The Godchildren’ and ‘She’s the One’ were originally published in the New Yorker. ‘In the Country’ was originally published in Granta; ‘Because the Night’ and ‘In the Cave’ in the Guardian; ‘Post-production’ in Ploughshares; ‘Journey Home’ in the New Statesman; and ‘Pretending’ in The Asham Award Short Story Collection.
Many thanks, for wisdom, advice and stories, to Deborah Triesman, Dan Franklin, Jennifer Barth, Caroline Dawnay, Joy Harris, Tom Nichols, Shelagh Weeks, Simon Relph, and always Eric.