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Acknowledgments I am deeply thankful to the following: My agent, Virginia Barber, for her enormous wisdom, support, and competence. My editor, Pamela Dormán, whose brilliant guidance and editing have made all the difference. The people at Viking who have worked assiduously on behalf of this...

Prologue It was the final insult. Not only had the mineral water contained too much calcium, the stretch limo l)een too short, the hotel suite an unacceptable colour, the entourage too small, the country too poor and dusty and the mosques too loud. Now the world's most beautiful woman, a...