CONTENTS
Part One: Life Among the Mayflies
Sri Lanka, three weeks ago
Los Angeles, two weeks ago
London, now
London, 1623
London, 1860
London and St Albans, 1860–1891
London, 1891
Suffolk, England, 1599
Part Two: The Man Who Was America
St Albans, England, 1891
Atlantic Ocean, 1891
New York, 1891
Part Three: Rose
Bow, near London, 1599
Hackney, near London, 1599
London, 1599
Hackney, outside London, 1599
Paris, 1928
Part Four: The Pianist
Bisbee, Arizona, 1926
Los Angeles, 1926
London, 1607–1616
Canterbury, 1616–1617
Paris, 1929
Part Five: The Return
Plymouth, England, 1768
Tahiti, 1767
Dubai, now
Plymouth, England, 1772
Somewhere above Australia, now
Huahine, Society Islands, 1773
Pacific Ocean, 1773
Byron Bay, Australia, now
Canterbury, England, 1617
La Forêt de Pons, France, the future
Acknowledgements
Also by Matt Haig
