by Tom Gregory
Finally, to Anna ‘the Moog’, my cherished big sister. From the day we walked into Eltham Baths together as small children in 1985, to the monster-essay-crisis that produced this book over thirty years on, you were there. Thanks for all the shared memories and the ones yet to be written. You are the brightest star in my sky, and, for the record, a pretty good swimmer.
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First published by Particular Books 2018
Published in Penguin Books 2019
Copyright © Tom Gregory, 2018
The moral right of the author has been asserted
Cover photograph © Clair Harris
Cover design: Tom Etherington
ISBN: 978-0-141-98876-4