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About the Author

Adam Mars-Jones's first book of stories, Lantern Lecture, was published in 1981 and won a Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Waters of Thirst, Pilcrow, Cedilla, Box Hill and Batlava Lake. He has also published a memoir Kid Gloves: A Voyage Around My Father.