Author(s): Parthiva Sinha

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.

Keywords: life after death, pandemic, comic drama, immortality, black humour

Article Info: Received: 28 Jun 2022; Received in revised form: 20 Jul 2022; Accepted: 25 Jul 2022; Available online: 28 Jul 2022

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.74.16