ABSTRACT

How pleasant to meet Dr Haynal, who picks up a subject potentially heavy to the mind, and makes of it a stylish, lively story, that can be read with profitable pleasure in an evening. Spiced with anecdotes from the lives of his three main protagonists, this study of the river of controversy flowing through psychoanalysis since early days gives one a sparkling overview of the often turbulent waters, and follows the mainstream through to the present.