I have reread this book over and over again in the last 8 years and wish I had discovered it when it was first recommended to me almost 20 years ago. Every time I reread it I find new ideas which speak to me and new passages to underline. Dr Storr writes wonderful prose, never wastes a word and is marvellously readable and incisive. An extraordinarily wise book that I hope will still be in print a century or more from now.This book explains why some are singletons and that they can lead happy fulfilled and creative lives.From the point of view of understanding literary history and artistic creativity as well as as a psychological text this book is endlessly interesting.