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A Fraction of the Whole

By: Steve Toltz
Narrated by: Craig Baldwin, Colin McPhillamy, Various
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 Martin Dean spent his entire life analyzing absolutely everything - from the benefits of suicide to the virtues of strip clubs - and passing on his self-taught knowledge to his son, Jasper. But now that his father's dead, Jasper can fully reflect on the man who raised him in intellectual captivity, and the irony is this: theirs was a great adventure.

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.

©2008 Steve Holtz (P)2008 Recorded Books LLC Literature & Fiction Witty Comedy
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I never write reviews but I have to say it was such a pleasure listening to this book - twists and turns and an adventure that keeps on going - thoroughly enjoyed. I went between reading and listening and the only annoying thing is the book has no chapter numbers so it’s harder to do this here.

Highly recommended

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There's a good book lurking in here, unfortunately it's swamped by Martin and Jasper's inane philosophy and the lack of an editor to get down to a more snappy 16 hrs or so. I really enjoyed the plot as it was in the Peter Carey vein but found my finger twitching over the 30 second advance button in the last 1/4

Droning on down under

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I absolutely loved everything about this book. Superb narration ? I found the two narrators didn?t just read the story; they really became the characters, and were utterly convincing. The book had me gripped, had me laughing out loud, and I stayed up until 3am last night to finish it! I?m missing it already!

My favourite listen so far this year!

Unforgettable!

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it is impossible to sum up this book in a review but if you take on this incredible journey, you will not be disappointed. I have read 100s of books and I can comfortably say this has made me think the most.

The best book I've had the pleasure of exploring

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This story is so well narrated by the leads; you really believe in their characters and find it hard to listen at times, to the traumas they go through. Both appear to be emotionally fragile souls, the father coping with forever being in his brother's shadow, and the son coping with his father's mental eccentricities. You never quite know what is going to happen, but there is a certain air of trepidation, every time the father comes up with a new rant.

Fathers and Sons

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