The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim

Author’s Note

Parts of this novel were written during a stay at the Villa Hellebosch in Flanders, funded by the Flemish government under the Residences in Flanders scheme administered by Het Beschrijf in Brussels.

I’d like to express personal thanks to my kind and attentive host at the villa, Alexandra Cool; also to Ilke Froyen, Sigrid Bousset and Paul Buekenhout; and to James Cañón for his excellent company during my stay.

‘The Nettle Pit’ first appeared as part of the collection Ox-Tales: Earth, published by Profile Books in support of Oxfam. Many thanks to Mark Ellingham at Profile and Tom Childs at Oxfam for their inspiration and encouragement.

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