| BLACKBOX: A Novel in 840 Chapters | |
| Author: | Nick Walker |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Headline Review |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2002 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-7472-6876-2 |
Blackbox is the first novel by British writer Nick Walker.
A stowaway dies on board a flight.
A major theme of the book is six degrees of separation, the theory that people are linked by a surprisingly small number of connections.[1]
The book is written as a countdown of 840 chapters, some as short as a few words. The author creates an atmosphere which has been compared to those in novels by Chris Morris and J. G. Ballard.[2]
The book was longlisted for the British Book Award and the Whitbread First Novel Award.[3]