Aldous Huxley's books are unfailingly interesting and intelligent, although at times errant and pretentious (i.e. 'The Doors of Perception' - a title which was seized upon by the Prince of Pretension, The Doors' Jim Morrison).

'The Devils of Loudun' is in a similar vein to Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'; it deals with 'possession' and sexual hysteria in a 17^th-century French convent. It is fascinating on the psychology of sexual repression, juju paranoia, and Machiavellianism.

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