David Semple
Roger Smyth

2013

One of the ironies of writing books is that the preface, that part to which the reader comes first, is the very part to which the writers come last of all. Once the rest of the book is finished, composing the preface can allow the authors an opportunity for reflection and an attempt at summing-up their initial aims and current hopes for the book as it leaves their hands for the final time.