by Jon McGregor
The coroner signs something and stamps some documents with an inky thud. And stands up and. Smiles at Laura one more time and glances at the. And the policeman already getting to his feet as she steps down from the bench with the file of papers under her arm and the usher says All rise will the court please.
We rise. What else can we do, we fucking rise.
Acknowledgments
My thanks to the following for their generous sharing of knowledge and experiences: Dr Nigel Chapman, Rachel Harborne, Dr Kate Jack, David Jones, Kirstie Joynson, Professor James Lowe, Cathy Mason, Ian Nesbitt, Steven Nicholls, Kevin O’Connor, Paylor, Dr Ros Rosser, PC Tim Townsend, Ian Walker, John Wright.
Thanks also to the following, for other things: Mark Day, Kim Langford, Elena Lappin, Lisa Newton. Rosemary Davidson. Everyone at Nottingham Writers’ Studio. Tracy Bohan and all at the Wylie Agency. Helen Garnons-Williams, Erica Jarnes, Alexandra Pringle and all at Bloomsbury. Sarah-Jane Forder. Alice, Eleanor, Lewis.
a note on the author
Jon McGregor is the author of the critically acclaimed If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways to Begin. He is the winner of the Betty Trask Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award, and has twice been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He was born in Bermuda in 1976. He grew up in Norfolk and now lives in Nottingham. Even the Dogs is his third novel.
