International Freak

A meticulously researched biography by M Syd Rosen of Robin Farquharson, a South African intellectual who fled to 1960s London and became a countercultural figure. Born into privilege in 1930, Farquharson reinvented himself as a psychedelic guru, co-founded the Mental Patients Union, authored the unclassifiable memoir Drop Out!, and rose through the White Panther Party hierarchy before mysteriously dying in a house fire. Published by Strange Attractor Press, this 352-page illustrated work combines experimental biography, social history, and archival research to document Farquharson’s navigation of Cold War paranoia, queer underground life, and counterculture activism. The first 200 copies include a signed edition bundled with Farquharson’s rare 1971 memoir, republished with new introduction and ephemera.

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