Kureishi breathes new life into that old jalopey, psychoanalysis. "Something to Tell You" will make you want to dive onto your nearest analyst's couch and dig into your mad, sacred neuroses. Or at least go read some Freud. Kureishi's storytelling is good, but his feel for the half art/ half science of analysis is uncanny. My favorite line, spoken by the protagonist's analyst: "We are here to cure the well, too." Wherever you fall on the continuum of wellness and neuroses (or psychoses, for that matter), read "Something to Tell You", if for no other reason than to be reminded, or as in my case, re-inspired, that your unconscious has something to tell you. And well should we listen, because as any analyst worth her salt will tell you, a letter always reaches its destination, and your unconscious probably doesn't use e-mail.
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