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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 A Fraction of the Whole
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It's a simple family story ... 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 deeply moving quest to leave their mark on the world.

'After an injury which cut short a golden sporting career, Jasper's uncle became Australia's most beloved murderer. After a lifetime of impossible ideas and a brief stint as the country's saviour, Jasper's father became Australia's most loathed philosopher. This is Jasper's attempt to make sense of it all. (Back cover and Libraries Australia)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Marie
  • Chosen as one of the  Conversation's best Australian books of the 21st century

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hamish Hamilton , 2008 .
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      Extent: 711p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 3rd March 2008
      ISBN: 9780241015285 (pbk.), 9780241015292 (hbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Spiegel and Grau ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 530p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 12th 2008
      ISBN: 9780385521727, 0385521723
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Canada,
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      Americas,
      :
      Bond Street Bookshop ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 530p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 12 February 2008
      ISBN: 9780385665544; 0385665547
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Hamish Hamilton ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 May 2008
      ISBN: 9780241143902 (hbk.), 024114390X (hbk.)
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Liddell - Ravensworth area, Singleton area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,: Penguin Books , 2008 .
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      Extent: 710p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 06/10/2008
      ISBN: 9780143009528 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Una parte del tutto
Language: Italian
    • Turin,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Einaudi ,
      2009 .
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      Extent: 640p.
      ISBN: 9788806191238 (pbk.)

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

12 Books Every Australian Should Read Anna Vallen , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Geographic [Website] , February 2016;
'Take a literary journey to the interior with these 12 must-read Australian books, representing a cross section of Australian literature, meditating on landscape, history and what makes us Australian.'
Books That Changed Me : Claire Varley Claire Varley , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 August 2015; (p. 12)
Reconfiguring 'Asian Australian' Writing : Australia, India and Inez Baranay Paul Sharrad , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 11-29) Mapping South Asian Diasporas 2018; (p. 250-267)
Repeat Offenders George Dunford , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 142-148)
A Brilliant Way with Words Marc McEvoy , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2009; (p. 26-27)
[Review] A Fraction of the Whole Shane Strange , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 36)

— Review of A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz , 2008 single work novel
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 March 2008; (p. 15)

— Review of A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz , 2008 single work novel
Out of the Ordinary Patrick Allington , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 March 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz , 2008 single work novel ; Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
Saga of Dysfunctional Males Weighs Heavily Nigel Krauth , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 March 2008; (p. 10-11)

— Review of A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz , 2008 single work novel
Tom Jones Down Under James Bradley , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , March vol. 3 no. 2 2008; (p. 20)

— Review of A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz , 2008 single work novel
Three Men and a Legacy Malcolm Knox , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 February 2008; (p. 28-29)
What's Reality Got to Do with It Malcolm Knox , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 March 2008; (p. 26-27)
Debut is Just the Job Claire Sutherland , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2008; (p. 13)
Two Australians on Man Booker List Gia Metherell , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 July 2008; (p. 3)
Australia's Booker Double-Entry Bid Clare Morgan , Jason Steger , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 July 2008; (p. 12)
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