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Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact. -- Nick Cave Such a mad, happy book about art and music and obsession. I'm so glad I got to read it. It made the world feel lighter. -- Neil Gaiman A moving, inspirational insight into a beautiful mind. -- Jim Jarmusch In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally heartwarming project. -- Max Porter This is such a beautiful f*@king book. Thank you, Warren. I highly recommend this motherf*@ker. -- Flea [A] beautiful, strikingly idiosyncratic book - part memoir, part essay, part conceptual art project, all testament to humans at their strangest and best . . . [Ellis] sees signifiance where others might not. -- MOJO A glorious piece of object fetishism . . . Marvel as Ellis' collection of eccentric personal mementos morphs into a celebration of the intangible wonder of music. -- Uncut, Books of the Year Inspired, polyvocal, joyful . . . completely charming and joyful . . . you are in the company of a person with immense joie de vivre, combined with great intelligence and vitality, who wants to pass some of it on to you . . . a glorious testament. -- LA Review of Books A joyous work full of love, connection, creativity and gratitude. -- Spectator

Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact. -- Nick Cave Such a mad, happy book about art and music and obsession. I'm so glad I got to read it. It made the world feel lighter. -- Neil Gaiman A moving, inspirational insight into a beautiful mind. -- Jim Jarmusch Romantic, poetic, I was enchanted. -- Courtney Love Ellis' opus is a lyrical reminder that the ephemera we collect in life, that ignite our imagination and memory-- become the things we leave behind. Objects that seem like nothing-- a broken violin or piece of gum--can mean everything. -- Michael Stipe In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally heartwarming project. -- Max Porter This is such a beautiful f*@king book. Thank you, Warren. I highly recommend this motherf*@ker. --Flea [A] beautiful, strikingly idiosyncratic book - part memoir, part essay, part conceptual art project, all testament to humans at their strangest and best . . .[Ellis] sees signifiance where others might not. --MOJO A glorious piece of object fetishism . . . Marvel as Ellis' collection of eccentric personal mementos morphs into a celebration of the intangible wonder of music. -- Uncut, Books of the Year Inspired, polyvocal, joyful . . . completely charming and joyful . . . you are in the company of a person with immense joie de vivre, combined with great intelligence and vitality, who wants to pass some of it on to you . . . a glorious testament. --LA Review of Books A joyous work full of love, connection, creativity and gratitude. -- Spectator

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Warren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, most famous for his work as collaborator and bandmate of Nick Cave, in both the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Both solo and alongside Nick he is also a multi-awardwinning film composer whose soundtracks include The Proposition, The Road, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Mustang and most recently This Train I Ride. His own band Dirty Three have released eight studio albums since 1994 and he is an in-demand producer and writer, working with artists including Marianne Faithful, Jupiter and Okwess and Tinariwen.

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