Acknowledgements First, to my beautiful wife Jane-Lizbeth, who put up with my absence by banishing me to the study, and driving a hard bargain that no Chardonnay could touch my lips until the day's quota of 1,500 words ­ at least ­ had been written. Secondly, this work would not have been possible but for the trust, support and encouragement of the London Pearson pub- lishing team providing guidance 12,000 miles away from my home in Bondi Beach. The stars pulling this project together have been Rachel Hayter, who hounded me to make the dead- line; Emma Devlin, for sorting out the legals and coordinating