A Fraction of the Whole

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'A riotously funny first novel that is harder to ignore than a crate of puppies, twice as playful and just about as messy' Wall Street Journal
7 should also say this just to get it out of the way: My father's body will never be found'
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. 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.
'A sprawling epic taking in psychology, philosophy, soap opera, adolescence, love and most of all, the difficulty of staying true to oneself Metro
'Sparkling comic writing. Gives off the unmistakable whiff of a book that might just contain the secret of life' Independent
'Soars... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'A riotously funny first novel that is harder to ignore than a crate of puppies, twice as playful and just about as messy' Wall Street Journal
7 should also say this just to get it out of the way: My father's body will never be found'
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. 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.
'A sprawling epic taking in psychology, philosophy, soap opera, adolescence, love and most of all, the difficulty of staying true to oneself Metro
'Sparkling comic writing. Gives off the unmistakable whiff of a book that might just contain the secret of life' Independent
'Soars like a rocket. I loved the wild ride' LA Times
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'A first novel that manages to keep the reader rolling in the aisles and glued to his or her chair Toltz brings all the energy and assurance of a young Peter Carey to this burlesque, bravura performance' Irish Times
Abominably wonderful, pyrotechnic prose has the kind of opening sentence I would defy any reader to stop at' Scotland on Sunday Vissza