Title: Shouldn't have been a book
Product review: This would have made a great article for The New Yorker. The story of Dr. Minor is fascinating but not large enough for a book. As a result, Winchester's book is full of padding, such as unnecessary and pedantic discussions about insanity as a criminal defense and the strides made in modern mental health. Winchester also commits numerous inaccuracies in his references to orthography, grammar and usage; which is ironic, considering that he's writing about a work which is one of our arbitors of correct English. Winchester is a pop writer, not a scholar, and in this book, it shows.
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