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For nurturing my career these past years and steering me down the road that led to this book,
I owe many thanks to Norm Aladjem, Derek Van Pelt, Sanaz Yamin, Rachel Rusch, Matt
Blake, Jeff Endlich, and Jill Fritzo.
For making this book deal happen and keeping it on track during a very tight and hectic
time, I would like to thank Peter McGuigan and his team at Foundry Literary + Media,
including Kirsten Neuhaus, Sara DeNobrega, and Claire Harris. Also, many thanks to Tanner
Colby for helping me put my story on the page.
For seeing the potential in this book and making it a reality, I would like to thank
everyone at Random House and Spiegel & Grau, including my editor Chris Jackson,
publishers Julie Grau and Cindy Spiegel, Tom Perry, Greg Mollica, Susan Turner, Andrea
DeWerd, Leigh Marchant, Barbara Fillon, Dhara Parikh, Rebecca Berlant, Kelly Chian, Nicole
Counts, and Gina Centrello.
For bringing this book home to South Africa and making sure it is published with the
utmost care, I would like to thank everyone at Pan Macmillan South Africa, including Sean
Fraser, Sandile Khumalo, Andrea Nattrass, Rhulani Netshivhera, Sandile Nkosi, Nkateko
Traore, Katlego Tapala, Wesley Thompson, and Mia van Heerden.
For reading this manuscript in its early stages and sharing thoughts and ideas to make it
the finished product you hold in your hands, I owe my deepest gratitude to Khaya Dlanga,
David Kibuuka, Anele Mdoda, Ryan Harduth, Sizwe Dhlomo, and Xolisa Dyeshana.
And, finally, for bringing me into this world and making me the man I am today, I owe
the greatest debt, a debt I can never repay, to my mother.