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In praise of folly

Name: In praise of folly
Author: Theodore Dalrymple

Theodore Dalrymple

05 September 2019

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Book Synopsis

Psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple is fascinated by the follies of high achievers. Theodore Dalrymple uses his addiction to collecting - which he himself hides from his wife, also a psychiatrist - to describe a range of interesting cases. There are the early vivisectionists and anti-vivisectionists, abolitionists of slavery, psychiatrists, doctors, theologians, writers DH Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, P.G. Wodehouse, Conan Doyle and Dylan Thomas, homeopaths and their connection with Nazism, Shakespearea

Product Details

ISBN: 9781783341412
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Gibson Square, (05 September 2019)
Number of Pages: 223
Weight: 214 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 132 x 198 x 17 mm
Categories:: Popular Science