My thanks go to Stephen Coates (a.k.a. The Clerkenwell Kid, a.k.a. [the real] Tuesday Weld) for musical companionship (see the soundtrack to I, Lucifer) and to Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown for his sterling and inimitable representation.
Finally, enormous gratitude to Ben Ball at Scribner, for tact, acts of faith, and editorial acumen beyond compare.