"Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst; here, though, he heads fearlessly off into the realm of art theory, using the theft [of the Mona Lisa] as a neat springboard for reflections on why we look at art and what we see, or don't see - when we do." The Observer "Leader constructs his book like a psychoanalytic detective story: ostensibly interested in the case of her disappearance, it is the deeper implications that are his real quarry." The Sunday Independent "It's intelligent and witty and has cracking good anecdotes...it can tell you things about art you had never thought of." Evening Standard "[Leader] nimbly anticipates each sneer and objection, leaping in to show the way to some new and provoking thought." The Daily Telegraph "Fresh and interesting...packed with interesting stories and questions." The Independent"
