Thanks: Kjersti Herland Jonson, my Norwegian publisher, who answered all my Norwegian questions so helpfully and kindly; Layla Al Ammar, Tom Holland, and M. Lynx Qualey for their help with Nizar Qabbani; Nicole Moore at Lynne Rienner Publishers, and Guri Vesaas.
Huge thanks to: Jo Unwin, Lucy Malagoni, Milly Reilly, Donna Greaves, Joanna Kramer, Charlie King, David Shelley, Stephanie Melrose, Gemma Shelley, and all at Little, Brown; Deborah Schneider, Rachel Kahan, Jennifer Hart, and all at William Morrow; Alexander Cochran, Jake Smith-Bosanquet, and Kate Burton.