The best book ever on depression. Andrew Solomon explains everything with a sharp, scientific clarity. -- William Leith * Evening Standard * The history, treatment and even politics of depression are thoroughly covered... Solomon's brutal honesty makes this the best account of depression I have ever read. -- Chris Nancollas * Tablet * A mesmerising journey... magnificent * Observer * Extraordinary and redeeming... A work of great charm and individuality but also of impressive scholarship * Evening Standard * A lodestone work * Guardian *