{"product_id":"here-goes-nothing-9781685890384","title":"Here Goes Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Toltz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Humorous - Dark Humor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...Clever lines drop down on these pages like flowers thrown on a casket...[a] zany, increasingly dark comedy...\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wildly inventive, savagely funny and topical novel about love, mortality and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eA Fraction of the Whole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngus 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere Goes Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of exhilarating originality and scope about birth, death and everything in between and after by 'a writer of prodigious talent' (Peter Carey) that contains a vision of the afterlife that rivals Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and George Saunders' \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo, \u003c\/i\u003eand the emmy-nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45848301043863,"sku":"9781685890384","price":1404.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781685890384.webp?v=1769297809","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/here-goes-nothing-9781685890384","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}