Part-autobiography and part-ars poetic and literary analysis, Mad Love is told from the first person perspective. The book relates the relationship that Andre Breton has with the artist Jacqueline Lamba, his second wife and the mother of his daughter Aube. As the book involves analysis of not just Breton's poetry but his imagination and his dreams and automatic writing, Mad Love gives a very intimate perspective into Breton. The book provides insight into the creative process that goes into his poetry as well as into the artwork of other surrealist artists, most notably the sculptor Giacometti.