"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.. 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.

Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award People's Choice for Fiction 2009. Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 and Guardian First Book Award 2008 and NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2009 and Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2009 and Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009.

Paperback
06-10-2008
Penguin Books Australia
9780143009528
197 x 130 mm
720