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Acknowledgements
FIRST UP, THIS BOOK wouldn’t exist without my beloved agent Rebecca Carter. Thank you for your abundant faith and tireless labours. It’s been a slog! Vast thanks too to my American agent PJ Mark, who always seems to grasp what it is and why it matters. The deepest gratitude to you both.
Major thanks to Christopher Turner, who wrote the definitive Reich biography, and has been so helpful and generous as I’ve worked on this book. No matter what obscure corner of Reichiana I turned up, Chris had already been there, which is what makes Adventures in the Orgasmatron so fascinating, both as a portrait of Reich and of his role in the culture at large.
To all at the family at Picador, present and departed: Paul Baggaley, Philip Gwyn Jones, George Morley, Jeremy Trevathan, Ravi Mirchandani, Gaby Quattromini, Paul Martinovic, Nicholas Blake, Stuart Wilson: thank you, thank you. Major gratitude to my editor, Kishani Widyaratna, who kept saying ‘why’ until I figured it out. This book is so much richer for your involvement, and I am very grateful.
And to everyone at Norton, especially my editor Jill Bialosky, Drew Weitman and Erin Sinesky Lovett.
Very special thanks to John Pittman, my travelling companion to Orgonon, a trip which is a whole other story, and to Sarah Schulman, for our conversations about Reich over eggs at Mogador.
I’m grateful too to the following early readers: Joseph Keckler, who accompanied me on research trips, discussed ideas and has cameos in half my books, including this one. Charlie Porter, boon BL companion, who said Freud needed to have a body. Jenny Lord, for everything, but especially the potato story. Matt Wolf, radical connector, brilliant writer of notes. Francesca Segal, who not only provided meticulous edits but posted them during a pandemic too. Lauren Kassell, who knows a lot more about sex than most people. Chantal Joffe, my electrifying friend, who also found page references in The Bell Jar while all Britain’s libraries were closed. Jean Hannah Edelstein, especially for suggesting I elaborate on Guston’s personal story. Lauren John Joseph, dear heart. Sarah Wood, always.