{"product_id":"here-goes-nothing-9781685890384","title":"Here Goes Nothing","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685890384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Steve Toltz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729578332341,"sku":"9781685890384","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fde16d0c-4dee-481f-9add-d99dac873dba.jpg?v=1675803922","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/here-goes-nothing-9781685890384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}