Marble Bar

by Robert Schofield

  Thank you to Mark Thompson, Kevin Danks, Thomas Fox, the staff at the Ironclad Hotel, and all the citizens of Marble Bar for making me welcome and showing me the country. When I’m next in the Ironclad, I’ll be shouting a round.

  I am indebted to my agent George Karlov, without whom none of this would be possible; to everyone at Allen & Unwin: Sue Hines, Richard Walsh, Sarah Baker, Amy Milne and Lara Wallace; to Joanne Butler; and to my first readers: Matthew Saxon, Tony Cockerill and Lois Anderson.

  My greatest thanks, as always, go to my family: Jacqui, Emma, Charlie and Jackson. Other things may change me, but I start and finish with family.