Originally published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., London, in 1994. First published in the United States in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1995. First Vintage International Edition: October 1996. Published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Copyright © 1994 by Tortuga Publishing Limited. Author photograph © Jerry Bauer. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Control Number: 95-5841.