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Většinu svého života nebyl Jasper Dean schopen přijít na to, jestli má svého prokazatelně paranoidního otce Martina litovat, nenávidět, milovat, anebo zavraždit. Teď, když už je starší Dean po smrti, dokáže se ten mladší konečně zamyslet nad potřeštěncem, který ho vychoval v intelektuálním nevolnictví, a uvědomuje si, že jejich dobrodružství bylo vzdor vší své potrhlosti velkolepé. Jasper vypráví o svém dětství plném šokujících plánů a neuvěřitelných objevů.
Jonathan Ricketson
Steve Toltz might have just written the first great Australian novel of the year. A Rising of the Lights is even more entertaining than his much-lauded, Booker-nominated début, A Fraction of the Whole (2008). It is a book to inhale: indefatigably entertaining, it seizes the reader’s attention from beginning to end. The book opens with the fracturing of the Wilson family.
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Articles: Summer Reads — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
Advertisement Triple R’s esteemed Breakfasters & Talks Producer, and Breakfasters book reviewer, Elizabeth McCarthy, writes home with her Summer reads from this year’s fiction releases… Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down The Miles Franklin judges got it right this year – this is a masterwork. An epic, sad novel exploring big things: childhood trauma, the juvenile justice system, class structure, neglect, abandonment, love, and transcendence.
Here Goes Nothing: A Novel
A grinning skeleton with its finger pointed in warning appears on the cover of Here Goes Nothing, the latest novel from Booker-shortlisted author Steve Toltz. Or maybe the finger serves to direct unwary audiences toward the start of the unique adventure to come. In either case, Toltz has the reader nodding in agreement even before chapter one begins.
Let the dead unbury their dead
“HERE GOES NOTHING: A NOVEL” By Steve Toltz Melville House ($27.99) Religious scholars, fiction and nonfiction authors, sages, seekers and workaday people have all grappled with the same existential question: what happens after we die? So, too, Angus Mooney, the protagonist of Steve Toltz’s latest novel “Here Goes Nothing.” Not that Mooney worried about such matters during his mortal days.
Here Goes Nothing
Reviewed by Robert Goodman. By Steve Toltz, Penguin, $32.99. The Afterlife and the Beforelife (?) as concepts in fiction have never really gone away from the Bible through Dante’s Inferno and beyond. But in these uncertain and pandemic-riddled times there seems to be have been a bit of a renaissance in the depiction of these ideas. Movies like Soul and Nine Days and TV shows like The Good Place have dealt with that part of humans that either exists before or survives death.
Here Goes Nothing
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. Read More
Bookworm: ‘Here Goes Nothing’ - Funny and a little on the wild side
“Here Goes Nothing” By Steve Toltz c. 2022, Melville House $26.99, 384 pages So, how’s the weather up there? Does it rain or snow, or is there constant sunshine? Are there animals where you are? Do you have houses or hobbies up there? Come to think of it, are you even up or do you go to a separate but parallel plane when you die? In the new novel “Here Goes Nothing” by Steve Toltz, those answers and more may be TMI. The first thing Angus Mooney knew when he woke up was that he was naked.
Family troubles with Steve Toltz, Audrey Magee and Toni Jordan
Australian author Steve Toltz is now based in LA and his latest novel, Here Goes Nothing, is narrated by the recently deceased Angus Mooney who’s a criminal and soon-to-be father. Claire Nichols says the novel is strange, deep and funny which is what you expect from Steve Toltz, who was shortlisted for the Booker prize for his debut novel, A Fraction of the Whole.
Steve Toltz's novel about death, 'Here Goes Nothing,' is gravely funny
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 Prozac. An Australian author who lives in Los Angeles, Toltz attracted an international audience with his chaotic debut, " A Fraction of the Whole," which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2008.
7 Stories in Which Death Is Not the End
The specter of death is a scary nuisance that hangs over us all, and we’ll never really know how much that specter shapes and influences who we are. It is the job of a novelist (or this novelist) to consider, if not the worst, then the weirdest case scenario.
John Phipps - Baggy Dog Story
Angus Mooney, the narrator of Here Goes Nothing, is dead. He regrets his time on earth: ‘How I often made life choices to avoid the disapproval of those who hadn’t even noticed me standing there; how I longed to be liked by the very people I disliked.’ He wonders why he didn’t make more of things. ‘Why exactly was I so uninterested in touching a dick? So what if I was heterosexual?
Boek | Here Goes Nothing - 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...
Review: 'Here Goes Nothing,' by Steve Toltz
Angus Mooney, the philosophical pickpocket/wedding photographer at the heart of Australian writer Steve Toltz's latest novel, has some bad news about the afterlife. Forget the harps and halos. Death is a communal bathroom, a tepid shower, a small, rough towel that never quite gets you dry. Your tattoos will disappear, but you can still get shingles. You are not even spared the indignity of labor: Everybody has to get a job, and don't even think about asking for work-death balance.
Ep 183 - Things Fell Apart — Chat 10 Looks 3
What do Shane Warne and Michelle Obama have in common? Absolutely nothing, meaning it's the perfect combination for a shambolic chat 10 discussion.
Sydney Writers' Festival - Steve Toltz & Sarah Krasnostein
Booker-shortlisted author Steve Toltz discusses his highly anticipated new novel, Here Goes Nothing, with acclaimed author Sarah Krasnostein. As wildly inventive and savagely funny as his first two books, Quicksand and A Fraction of the Whole, Here Goes Nothing is a razor-sharp take on love, mortality and the afterlife. He shares common ground with Sarah, whose book, The Believer, explores the universal need to make sense of life, death and all that lies between.
Dancer’s choice: Books to move you
Dancer’s choice: Books to move you Posted on 02 March 2022 By Behind Ballet Editor It’s no secret, reading has always been a favourite pastime for our dancers. Reading for relaxation, to deepen creative expression, or simply reading to escape to another time and place…luckily, the joy of losing yourself in a good book is still as powerful as ever.
Guilty Party - Episode 1.08 - I Thought We Were Friends - Press Release
As their lies and deceptions intensify, Beth and Toni confront each other during a revealing visitation, and lay everything on the table.
Russell Prize for Humour Writing
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Quicksand by Steve Toltz
When failed novelist Liam Wilder decides his best friend, Aldo Benjamin, is his muse, we are introduced to one of the most grimly hilarious, heartbreaking, foulmouthed, loveable characters to have graced the page in a very long time. Aldo consistently and comically loses at business and, sadly, in love, yet as Liam tells his story, often using Aldo's own words, we meet an original philosopher, an optimist of dark and deranged slant.
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