John Sutherland, pupil, analysand, colleague, and friend, here traces Fairbairn's journey. Drawing on his own personal relationship of thirty-six years, recollections of Fairbairn's family and friends, diaries from his youth, self-analytical notes, and Fairbairn's published work, Sutherland portrays the effects of analytic work on the life and thought of a preeminently kind, courteous, humble man. It is an engaging read.

I have the impression that, like Sullivan, Fairbairn often worked with rather severely distraught patients. Neither Fairbairn nor Sullivan were aware of the other's closely related work. I think of