In his long recovery from his injury, including understanding what his family and friends went through as he lay there dying, coming to terms with his now permanent disabilities, and trying to find some lesson in this cosmic accident, he leaned on the one sure thing that he knows and that didn't leave him-his writing.ĭrew takes a deep dive into what it meant to be a bystander to his own death and figuring out who this new Drew is: a Drew that doesn't walk as well, doesn't taste or smell or see or hear as well, and a Drew that is often failing as a husband and a father as he bounces between grumpiness, irritability, and existential fury. The world was gone to him, and him to it. On the night of the 2018 Deadspin Awards, he suffered a mysterious fall that caused him to smash his head so hard on a cement floor that he cracked his skull in three places and suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage. But in The Night the Lights Went Out, he finds himself far out of his depths. “Drew Magary has produced a remarkable account of his journey, one that is filled with terror, tenderness, beauty, and grace.”-David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moonĭrew Magary, fan-favorite Defector and former Deadspin columnist, is known for his acerbic takes and his surprisingly nuanced chronicling of his own life. A fascinating, darkly funny comeback story of learning to live with a broken mind after a near-fatal traumatic brain injury-from the acclaimed author of The Hike
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