ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I didn’t have time to force as many friends as I’d like to read any portion this book, but I did trick some into reading a few chapters and I thank them deeply: Ned Rice, Rodney Conover, Trish Baker, Kevin Harrington, Mickey Kaus, Jon Tukel, and Jim Moody. And thank you to my agent Mel Berger and my publisher Adrian Zackheim for agreeing to this lightning speed project, and everyone at Penguin Random House who worked so hard to produce a book—and audio!—in record time: Eric Nelson, Jessica Kaye, Will Weisser, Tara Gilbride, Vivian Roberson, Victoria Miller, and Tess Espinoza.