The Man Who Rained (34 page)

Thank you to Susan Armstrong for her constant encouragement and her commitment to this novel, to Sarah Castleton, Margaret Stead and Clare Hey for their editorial
contributions, and to the Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust.

Ali Shaw grew up in Dorset and graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in English Literature. He has since worked as a bookseller and at Oxford’s Bodleian
Library. His first novel,
The Girl with Glass Feet
, was a huge commercial and critical success, won the Desmond Elliot Prize and was shortlisted for the Costa First Book Award. He is
currently at work on his third novel.