This book is for all the fathers who have steadfastly coached me up over the years: my devoted father and best friend, Dorian Fliegel; my terrific stepfather, Michael Keating; my magnificent godfather, Guido Goldman; and my unfailingly supportive honorary father, Elliot Levine; and for my beloved one and only mother, Kathleen Lancaster, who suggested to me some decades back that it might be a good idea to write things down from time to time, and who is still helping me do it.

With all my love,
JLF