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.
From the New South Wales bush to bohemian Paris, from sports fields to strip clubs, from the jungles of Thailand to a leaky boat in the Pacific, A Fraction of the Whole follows the Deans on their freewheeling, scathingly funny and finally deepy moving quest to leave their mark on the world.
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Summary
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.
From the New South Wales bush to bohemian Paris, from sports fields to strip clubs, from the jungles of Thailand to a leaky boat in the Pacific, A Fraction of the Whole follows the Deans on their freewheeling, scathingly funny and finally deepy moving quest to leave their mark on the world.
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Meet the Deans
'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. I might as well set the story straight about both of them.'
Heroes or Criminals? Crackpots or Visionaries? Relatives or Enemies?
It's a simple family story...
Awards
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award People's Choice for Fiction 2009.
Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008.
Shortlisted for Guardian First Book Award 2008.
Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2009.
Shortlisted for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2009.
Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009.
About the Author
Steve Toltz was born in Sydney, Australia in 1972. His first novel, A Fraction of the Whole, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. His second novel, Quicksand, won the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour.
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