No book about Adorno is going to be an easy read but Stuart Walton succeeds in offering an accessible overview of Adorno's work without over-simplifying it or the cultural contexts in which it developed. He is probably better on the 'misunderstood' elements of Adorno's reception than reasons for his neglect and at times it seemed that Walton was positioning himself the only person really to have understood Adorno. However, the book works both as an introduction and as a refresher for those returning to his thinking, particular for readers who are interested in what has happened to his reputation since they last checked.