The Dwarves of Death

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Thanks are due to the following people: Ralph Pite, for writing the words to ‘Madeline/Stranger In A Foreign Land’; Brian Priestley, for copying out ‘Tower Hill’ and teaching me most of what little I know about music; Michael Blackburn, for publishing ‘Middle Eight’ in the first issue of his Sunk Island Review; Janine McKeown, Paul Daintry, Andrew Hodgkiss and Tony Peake for inspiration and help; and Kinmor Music (publishers) and Tom Ross (translator) for permission to quote from ‘Fadachd an t-seòladair’ (‘The Sailor’s Longing’) by John McLennan: the version William hears as he stands outside Karla’s window being from Christine Primrose’s wonderful LP ’S tu nam chuimhne, available on Temple Records (TP024).

The epigraphs in this book are reproduced by kind permission of Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Words and music: Morrissey and Johnny Marr © Morrissey and Marr Songs Ltd.