A serviceable and brief introduction to Kant that varies between humor and serious evaluation of his life and works. It's perhaps more of an essay than a book, really, but if you want to say you've read a book about Kant this is an easy one that will allow you to do that. Given the opacity of Kant's own writing, having an easy approach to his work is a good thing, and the brief selections of his own prose that are included (translated into English) do begin to give an idea of the density of his writing style. Perhaps too much attention is paid to attempts to psychoanalyze Kant posthumously and use his quirks and paranoia as routes to understanding his writing, but this might make the book more memorable to some readers. In a few spots, Strathern's references will probably be obscure to the sort of philosophical novices who would benefit most from this book.