Acknowledgements

A.C. Meyer: I would like to dedicate this book to the late Ian McNaughton, who inspired me to write this novel: Ian, I wish you could have lived to read this book and have a good laugh. Thanks to my parents, Otto and Erika, for their help and support. Thanks to Rudi Reinbold, for his guidance, influence and support at the Munich Academy for Television and Film (HFF). Thanks also to my Earthly muse, Dagmar Benthe. Finally, thank you to Syd Field and James N. Frey for their insightful books on writing.

Douglas Michael Baumwoll: I would like to dedicate this book to Wankan Tanka. I give thanks to Mom and Dad, for their continued support throughout my entire life, but especially since I stepped out of the mainstream ten years ago. Thanks also to the hundreds of people, of all ages and nationalities, who took the time to talk with me over beers, cigarettes, tea, coffee, curries and tapas, thereby helping me to peel away the layers of my onion. May I get to that core soon. Having co-written this book has got me a long way towards that goal.

The authors would like to thank our first-draft readers: Ronnie McKellar, Darren Hill, Sally Speight and Brendon O’Gorman. Ronnie and Darren are featured on two A.C. Meyer CDs. Apart from videos on the A.C. Meyer website, visit www.rockislandbar.com to see additional video of them in action.

We would also like to thank Erika Castilla Lozano for her artwork on the front and back covers and the map that appears in the text. Check out her stuff at www.erikacastilla.com.

Thanks to Katharina Stanley, who expertly translated the original German text, Der Anti-Bush, written by A.C. Meyer, into the first working-draft manuscript of our joint project.

Last, and by no means least, we give thanks to the island of Fuerteventura. She has provided a heavenly home for us right here on Earth, her turquoise waters and azure-blue skies combined with an incredible spiritual energy and nonmainstream lifestyle caring for our bodies and spirits alike. Thank you. To learn more about our version of paradise, go to www.fuerteventura.com and www.fuerteonline.com.