St Zvlkx: A thirteenth-century saint whose 'Kevealments' have an uncanny knack of coming true.
Superhoop: The World Croquet League final. Usually violent, always controversial.
Lola Vavoom: An actress who does not feature in this novel but has to appear in the dramatis personae owing to a contractual obligation.
Minotaur: Half-man, half-bull son of Pasiphaл, the Queen of Crete. Escaped from custody and consequently a PageRunner. Whereabouts unknown.
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Acknowledgements
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A Cretan Minotaur in Nebraska
'Jurisfiction is the name given to the policing agency inside books. Working with the intelligence-gathering capabilities of Text Grand Central, the many Prose Resource Operatives at Jurisfiction work tirelessly to maintain the continuity of the narrative within the pages of all the books ever written, a sometimes thankless task. Jurisfiction agents live mostly on their wits as they attempt to reconcile the author's original wishes and readers' expectations within a strict and largely pointless set of bureaucratic guidelines laid down by the Council of Genres. I headed Jurisfiction for over two years and was always astounded by the variety of the work: one day I might be attempting to coax the impossibly shy Darcy from the toilets and the next I would be thwarting the Martians' latest attempt to invade Barnaby Rudge. It was challenging and full of bizarre twists. But when the peculiar and downright weird become commonplace you begin to yearn for the banal.'