Named a Fall 2020 Best Indie Read by the
Globe and Mail
From Eamon McGrath, award-winning musician and author of the widely acclaimed
Berlin-Warszawa Express
, comes a smart and gritty novel that explores the lives of touring musicians
Here Goes Nothing
, Eamon McGrath’s brave second offering and follow-up to 2017’s widely acclaimed
, once again explores the world of touring musicians — but this time McGrath expands his scope and perspective from the inner dialogue of a traveling songwriter into the wider range of a multi-member touring band.
Told in two interwoven narratives that blur the lines between past and present,
explores the complex relationships that are both created and destroyed by the perpetual-motion engine that is the touring van.
From confessional tales of saving friends and oneself from drowning in polluted lakes in Michigan to legendary liver-wrecking nights of excess and debauchery in Lisbon, McGrath comments on the corrupt and selfish music industry and the toll it takes on musicians as they blindly chase success.
is a gutsy story of how life on the road can bring a band together — or tear them wildly apart.