The Reactor Av Nick Blackburn

<p><b>¿One of the finest accounts of the mysterious workings of grief I have ever read.¿ Helen Macdonald</b><br><br><i>I tore the arse of my pyjamas one morning, about a year before he died, and my father sewed it up perfect in a few minutes, just like that. I was looking at them this morning actually, his line of white stitches. It¿s beautiful really. They¿ve held.</i><br><br><b>¿Beautiful, strange and completely compelling.¿ </b><b>Olivia Laing</b><br><b>''I read it with awe and sorrow.'' </b><b>Fatima Bhutto</b><br><br>After the sudden death of his father, Nick Blackburn embarks on a singular, labyrinthine journey to understand his loss. How do you create an existence when all you can see is a void?<br><br><i>The Reactor</i> is a memoir about absence and creative possibilities, assembled like the pieces of a puzzle. Through philosophy, music, fashion, psychology, art and film, Blackburn travels a vast panorama of ideas and characters to offer an entirely new exploration of grief. Th