The second volume of the biography of Bertrand Russell by Ray Monk seems to have brought out the worst in both author and most reviewers. (Bertrand Russell, Volume II, 1921-1959: The Ghost of Madness). The typical response has been 'Silly old man. He was lost when he left the rarefied world of mathematical logic and proceded to make a mess of both his family life and his intrusions into politics.'

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