ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many, many thanks to Julia for her first readings, to Lukas, Philip, and Anne-Lise for always advocating, to Kate and the great people at Severn House for making me better, and to Michael for putting a good face on me. I’m grateful to Dr K for our conversations about disinhibition and autotopagnosia and to books and articles by Angélique Stéfan, Jean François Mathé, Andrea Kocka, Jean Gagnon, and Oliver Sacks for filling in many of my remaining gaps. My love to Julie, Isaac, Maya, and Elias, who bring me laughter and the noise of life.