Ch 1 Notes

1. These observations are taken from Osborne’s manuscript and notes. Similar comments by Osborne used in this book are from the same source. The comments have not been edited, although care has been taken to omit comments by him that could identify his past partners. [Back]

2. It is possible that there were many more boys and youths in Osborne’s life. The two and a half thousand boys are only those on whom Osborne kept some records. [Back]

3. Lloyd, R., Playland, Quartet, London, 1979. [Back]

4. Olsen, J., The Man with Candy, Talmy Franklin, London, 1975. [Back]

5. Pomeroy, W. B., Dr Kinsey and the Institute for Sex Research, Signet, New York, 1972, p.129. [Back]