Well, I reread this book after finding the first reading somewhat obscure and difficult to understand in parts, with its literature analogies. But, on the second, more concentrated reading, I got into the theme of the book, which is best summed-up, in my opinion, by the following extract from the Foreward of the book: 'Above all it never occurred to me that an illness might challenge my deepest assumptions, oblige me to rethink the primacy I have always given to language and the life of the mind. Texting, mailing, chatting, blogging, our modern minds devour our flesh. That is the conclusion long illness brought me to. We have become cerebral vampires preying on our own life-blood. Even in the gym, or out running, our lives are all in the head, at the expense of our bodies.' All in all a good read about how mind and body becomes separate, causing all kinds of quirky, physical symptoms.