What would have happened if the looking-glass had refused to take in Alice? And can a nothingness have a personality? These are just some of the questions raised in this book. Physicists at a university have accidentally created a hole in the universe. The void, or nothingness, which they name Lack, exists in a room where they conduct experiments on it by putting a variety of objects into it. Lack, it seems, has particular tastes. It accepts a pomegranate, a light bulb, an argyle sock, and a laboratory cat who wanders into the room by mistake. Lack refuses a scrambled egg, a bow tie, an axe and most of the scientists studying him. Physicist Alice Coombs has developed an obsessive 'love' for the void, if one can love a nothingness, and Lack's rejection of her is devastating. Lack has also come between Alice and anthropology professor, Philip. How can you compete with a rival who is nothing? I didn't know what to expect when I picked out this audiobook. If I had been reading the book I probably wouldn't have finished it.
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