Adam Shatz's 'The Rebel's Clinic' is a revelatory biography of Frantz Fanon, the psychiatrist and revolutionary theorist whose writings on race, colonialism, and violence continue to shape radical movements decades after his death. Shatz, a contributing editor at the London Review of Books, draws on extensive archival research and interviews to produce the most complete portrait of Fanon yet written. He follows Fanon from his childhood in Martinique through his education in France, where he studied under Merleau-Ponty and encountered racism that radicalized his politics, to his work as a psychiatrist in colonial Algeria, where he treated both torture victims and their torturers. The book examines how Fanon's clinical experience informed his theoretical work, particularly his analysis of colonialism's psychological damage in 'Black Skin, White Masks' and 'The Wretched of the Earth.' Shatz neither hagiographizes Fanon nor dismisses his more troubling arguments about violence, instead presenting a thinker grappling with impossible circumstances. The biography also serves as a history of decolonization, capturing the moment when colonial empires crumbled and new possibilities seemed within reach. Readers will find essential context for understanding one of the twentieth century's most influential and controversial intellectuals.