My deepest thanks go to: my mother for all her time and hard work, Tiggy Suzuma and Tristan Back for quotes from
Backuma’s Revised Musical Dictionary
, Thalia Suzuma for her wit, Brendan Davis for the leap of faith and Charlie Sheppard and Lucy Walker for their invaluable edits.
A NOTE OF MADNESS
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