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Here goes nothing : a novel / Steve Toltz.
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9781612199719 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1612199712 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 374 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Subject: | Murder > Fiction. Wives > Death > Fiction. Future life > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Black humor. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | TOLTZ S (Text) | 33126025061320 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"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"-- - Baker & Taylor
Murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife, Angus attempts to reconnect with the living from the afterlife and seek revenge, in the new novel by the author of A Fraction of the Whole. - Random House, Inc.
A Times (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022
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...
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Here Goes Nothing is a novel of exhilarating originality and scope about birth, death and everything in between and after by âa writer of prodigious talentâ (Peter Carey) that contains a vision of the afterlife that rivals Danteâs Divine Comedy and George Saunders' Lincoln in the Bardo, and the emmy-nominated The Good Place.