Forget Freud, Fiction Is The Key

A lacerating honesty and dark beauty pervade this account of a life lived in self-doubt, writes STEVE DOW. My Lives By Edmund White Bloomsbury, 356pp, $29.95

The Path Between The Gods And Science

An extraordinary tapestry of ideas is woven from the history of intellectual thought, writes HUGH DILLON. Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud By Peter Watson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 822pp, $69.95