Liquidation, Malady, Post-existence in Steve Toltz’s Here Goes Nothing
Journal: International Journal of English, Literature and Social Science (Vol.7, No. 4)Publication Date: 2022-07-20
Authors : Parthiva Sinha;
Page : 104-109
Keywords : life after death; pandemic; comic drama; immortality; black humour;
Abstract
Here Goes Nothing is a combination of love, fear, and after-life. In this story, the author has tried to combine fiction and humour elements. The entire story has been told by a dead man called Angus Mooney. The book is the continuation of parts of his other two books, A Fraction of the Whole (2008) and Quicksand (2015). All of his books are written with a purpose, such as the fear of death and the fear of life in his previous books, and the fear of criticism from others in Here Goes Nothing. Thus, this is also known to be a dark comedy that represents the scenario of the afterlife. The book has been criticized by a good number of people, and as the book has shown the elements of the afterlife, it has also established a fictional aspect. Henceforth, the book has been presented with different outlooks, and as the story has been narrated by an angry, aesthetic murdered man, it has been criticized by a lot of people
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