ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to the following for their help during the writing of this novel.
Stanley Rother, Flight Sergeant, Bomber Command 1944–45, No 462 Squadron, shot down over Dortmund, Germany, on his 30th operation; POW March–May 1945 (‘In hindsight a wonderful twenty-first birthday present, I was alive!’). Born in Sussex, England, he is now resident in Adelaide.
Seamus Heaney, for kindly allowing the use of the Queen Mary image from his poem ‘Stern’, published in District and Circle, Faber and Faber, 2006.
To Shona Martyn, Jo Butler and Amanda O’Connell at HarperCollins, and my agent Sonia Land (and all the gang at Sheil Land) for their support and enthusiasm.
Finally, my special thanks to my partner, Fiona Capp, for her constant support, suggestions and advice, not just in the writing of this novel, but all of them. And to Leo — the lion-hearted boy.
About the Author
Steven Carroll was born in Melbourne. His first novel, Remember Me, Jimmy James, was published in 1992. This was followed by Momoko (1994), The Love Song of Lucy McBride (1998) and then The Art of the Engine Driver (2001), which was shortlisted for both the Miles Franklin Award in 2002 and France’s Prix Femina literary award for the Best Foreign Novel in 2005, The Gift of Speed (2004), which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2005, The Time We Have Taken (2007), which won both the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the South-East Asia and South Pacific Region and the Miles Franklin Award 2008, The Lost Life (2009), which was shortlisted for both the 2010 Barbara Jefferis Award and the ALS Gold Medal 2010, and Spirit of Progress (2011), which was longlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award.
Steven Carroll lives in Melbourne with his partner and son.
Other Books by Steven Carroll
Remember Me, Jimmy James
Momoko
The Love Song of Lucy McBride
The Art of the Engine Driver
The Gift of Speed
The Time We Have Taken
The Lost Life
Spirit of Progress
Copyright
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First published in Australia in 2013
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Carroll, Steven, 1949–
A world of other people / Steven Carroll.
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