Here Goes Nothing
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Narrated by:
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Ben Chapple
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By:
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Steve Toltz
About this listen
'Nobody was ever thinking about me. Now that I'm dead, I dwell on this kind of thing a lot.'
Angus Mooney is in a dark place: the afterlife. His days are spent in aching embarrassment; god, religion, the supernatural - he was wrong about everything. Now, obsessing about the wife he left behind, Gracie, he watches from the other side as she is seduced by his killer, who has stepped seamlessly into Mooney's life.
Meanwhile, life after death isn't all it's cracked up to be. Another pandemic is sweeping the globe; Mooney's new home is filling up fast, resources are scarce, infrastructure is crumbling, and he has to share an increasingly cramped existence with a group of people still traumatised by their own deaths. And although he should know better, he remains in the grip of the same fear as when he was alive: the opinions of others.
Narrated with the ironic hindsight afforded by life beyond the mortal plane, Here Goes Nothing is a razor-sharp, hilariously entertaining, insightful and moving meditation on our 21st-century world, and the intricate relationship between love and death.
2022, Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, Short-listed
©2022 Steve Toltz (P)2022 Penguin Random House LLCWhat listeners say about Here Goes Nothing
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- Anonymous User
- 01-11-2022
Great listen, good writing
This was such an unusual story and so well read. I loved the dystopian world and the shuddering parallels to today...and the disappointing afterlife is something to consider.... The prose was a bit much at times but there were certainly some veritable gems that struck me as beautiful and poetic.
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- Tina Warrilow
- 11-08-2022
an enjoyable read
an interesting take on the afterlife, if he writes a sequel I will definitely read it.
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- Lauren
- 14-07-2022
Clever, fun, and well read
Really enjoyable story with a great performance. I love Steve Toltz’s clever writing and musings on our society. This dystopian alternate take on life and death was really entertaining.
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- Mhrurxjrs6k4c
- 03-09-2022
stamina needed
every line is so well thought out and full of deep meaning....for me...headache o genius....don't have the concentration to keep up with it.
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- Sophie
- 13-09-2023
Thought provoking
Not sure I liked what happened in the story but can certainly say it was interesting and thought provoking. Would definitely listen to a sequel…
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- Dulcieowl
- 03-01-2023
Disappointing
Whilst I listened through to the end I was disappointed with this book - I found it annoying in its laddishness and whilst I appreciated the exploration of life after death, I found it contrived and meandering.
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- Marney McKellar
- 22-03-2023
Not great
I tried to stick with it, but couldn’t get through this book. I didn’t like the writing style or the characters, and found the storyline depressing.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-10-2022
Post modern English lit dribble.
This was a difficult book to suffer through. The choice of text, prose and absolute cacophony of multisylabilic words used to portray no story at all was very trying. Obviously a well read person, and knows a lot about literature, but a storyteller, he is not.
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