Here Goes Nothing, Steve Toltz
Here Goes Nothing, Steve Toltz
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Here Goes Nothing

Author: Steve Toltz

Narrator: Ben Chapple

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2022

Synopsis

A wildly inventive, savagely funny, and topical novel about love, mortality, and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole.Angus is a reformed ne’er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he’s murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell, Angus finds himself in the afterlife—a place that provides more questions than answers. As a worldwide pandemic finally reaches the shores of Australia, the afterlife starts to get very crowded and Angus finds a way to reconnect with his wife Gracie and maybe even seek revenge on his murderer.Here Goes Nothing is a novel of exhilarating originality and scope about birth, death, and everything in between that contains a vision of the afterlife that rivals Dante’s Divine Comedy and George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo, and the Emmy-nominated The Good Place.

About Steve Toltz

Steve Toltz is a writer whose first novel, A Fraction of the Whole, was shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize and the 2008 Guardian First Book Award. He was born in Sydney, Australia, graduated from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, and now lives in Los Angeles and writes screenplays.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keyhan

«من توی گذشته زندگی کردم. از آینده ترسیدم و حال رو تلف کردم.» کتاب هرچه باداباد سومین اثر استیو تولتزه که در مورد یک دنیای آخرالزمانی و پس از مرگ نوشته شده . دنیایی که در اون مرده ها غرق در حسرت کارهای نکرده و چیز های از دست داده اند. داستان از زبان مردی بیان میشه که همراه زنش در استرالیا زندگی میکنه......more

Goodreads review by Betsy

When I read Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole four years ago, I felt as if I'd met in Toltz a member of my personal writers karmic pack. So when I heard he had a new book coming this May, I instantly requested and then gobbled down an advanced reading copy of Here Goes Nothing. If you like to......more

Goodreads review by Mat

حسی که هرچه باداباد در خواننده ایجاد میکنه، حس ترسه. ترس از فناناپذیری ناگزیری که باورش میتونه زندگی رو به یه تراژدی هولناک تبدیل کنه. گیر افتادن تو یک چرخه ی تکراری و تموم نشدنی مرگ و زندگی که هیچ راه فراری درش نیست.(خصوصا اگر مثل من فوبیای زندگی ابدی داشته باشین) راوی داستان، اگنس، که هیج اعتقادی ب......more

Goodreads review by Ron

Limping through a worldwide pandemic spiked with fresh threats of nuclear war, you may be craving a book to cheer you up. Look away! Steve Toltz’s grim comic novel “Here Goes Nothing” hangs on the gallows humor of a whole condemned race. Every copy of this book should come with a starter dose of Proza......more

Quotes

“Revels in the irony of an afterlife skeptic forced into a ghastly second act.” Booklist

“[A] zany, increasingly dark comedy.” Washington Post

“Toltz’s wit and black humor transform a morbid premise into a rollicking ride.” Publishers Weekly

“You may laugh or weep and be shocked or outraged, but you won’t be bored.” Washington Independent Review of Books

"Toltz…uses Here Goes Nothing as a jumping-off point to parody the perversity and stubbornness of human nature and to highlight our uneasy relationship with mortality.” Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Enjoyable as social commentary, a philosophical exploration of life’s meaning, an inventive, pop-culture-referencing mystery-of-sorts or simply a good yarn.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Surreal, sharply funny, and as dark as the grave. Fans of noir fiction and quirky thrillers…will dig right in.” Shelf Awareness

“Outlandishly satisfying.” Bookreporter

Awards

  • London Times Pick
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