{"product_id":"a-fraction-of-the-whole-steve-toltz","title":"A Fraction of the Whole","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve Toltz's A Fraction of the Whole is a riotously funny explosion of a novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fat book but very light on its feet, skipping from anecdote, to rant, to reflection, like a stone skimming across a pond . . . it is brilliant' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sparkling comic writing . . .It gives off the unmistakeable whiff of a book that might just contain the secret of life' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'With tinges of magical realism and buckets of misanthropic humour it's a clever and funny debut' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e'If first novels were sandwiches, Steve Toltz's would be a juicy, swaggering doorstop of a sarnie, overflowing with eccentrically combined but delicious ingredients . . . Toltz is a superb phrase-maker with an acute eye for humanity's shortfalls'Big Issue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteve Toltz was born in Sydney. After graduating from Newcastle University in 1994, he has lived in Sydney, Montreal, Vancouver, Barcelona and Paris, working primarily as a screenwriter and freelance writer, but also doing stints as both a private investigator and an English teacher. A Fraction of the Whole is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Toltz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624579039476,"sku":"F-GF-G-31828","price":6270.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/4440\/3700\/products\/a-fraction-of-the-whole-steve-toltz-wild-sage.jpg?v=1777827673","url":"https:\/\/wildandthesage.com\/products\/a-fraction-of-the-whole-steve-toltz","provider":"Wild and the Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}