Thanks owed to Fox, Kass Rachel, Mary Ellen, Beth, Roman, Predatrix, Shawn, Regsnake, and everyone else who has been there along the way.
Extra-special thanks to Mandragora, who graciously agreed to check me over for British language and culture; to Debra Fran Baker, for careful and intelligent midwifing; to Bryan, for sound and thoughtful beta; to Nat, for sanity-checking.
Blame for parts of this story apportioned to: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and his translator M.F.K. Fisher, Anthony Bourdain, Dorothy Canfield, William Blake, the Clash, Frank Bidart, David Bowie, Jim Crace, and L. Frank Baum.
