A Fraction of the Whole soars like a rocket.' LA Times 'A rich father-and-son story packed with incident, humour and characters reminiscent in styles of Charles Dickens and John Irving. deserves a place next to A Confederacy of Dunces.' Wall Street Journal Incorporating death, parenting (good and bad kinds), one labyrinth, first love, a handbook for criminals, a scheme to make everyone rich and an explosive suggestion box, Steve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole is a hilarious, heartbreaking story of families and how to survive them. I might as well set the story straight about both of them.'įrom his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the unlikely story of his scheming father Martin, his crazy Uncle Terry and how the three of them upset - mostly unintentionally - an entire continent. The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more than any other man. Heroes or Criminals? Crackpots or Visionaries? Relatives or Enemies? From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the unlikely story of his scheming father Martin, his crazy Uncle Terry and how the three of them upset - mostly unintentionally - an entire continent.
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