Ten Stories About Smoking (25 page)

Aravind Adiga, Wells Tower, David Vann and Evie Wyld for their support and kind words.

Salena Godden, Rachel Rayner and everyone at the Book Club Boutique.

Fans of Gary Alexander. Former residents of Hartington Road. Thanks to you all.

Rebecca Bream, David Stewart, Samuel Stewart; Daniel Fordham and Jude Rogers; Hyun Sook Shin, Juno Shepherd: my London family.

William Atkins for his wisdom and understanding; Guy Griffiths for being a genius; Nikesh Shukla for being a superhero.

Oliver Shepherd – best friend, first reader, rock.

Gareth Evers – brother, teacher, bête noir.

My parents, Joyce and John Evers, for their love and support, no matter what.

Tracy Murray – for everything.

The stories in this collection are dedicated to Barry Abraham. I hope he’d have found them mildly interesting.

First published 2011 by Picador

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‘Some Great Project’ first appeared, in an early version, in
Litro
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