A Fraction of the Whole
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780241143902 (024114390X)
Publish date: May 29th 2008
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Pages no: 720
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
Family,
Philosophy,
Contemporary,
Australia
Meine Meinung Titel & Cover: Vatermord und andere Familienvergnügen ist so sarkastisch, tragisch und ironisch wie das ganze Buch doch der Originaltitel sagt mehr über den Inhalt aus, über den Wahnsinn der diese Familie über 3 Generationen begleitet. Ein Bruch des Ganzen. Das Cover find ich wirklich...
What a book to start off the new year with. Intense, dense, just pulled you in and kept you enthralled. Had to really concentrate as there was lots of story but riveting.
It's sort of astounding that this is a first novel. I mean, there are times (since it is so damn long) that you can tell, especially in the plot (less is more, and there is definitely too much, and too much unbeliveable, plot). But on the whole this is an incredible book. It is downright, laugh-o...
Enjoyable. Lots of humor sprinkled throughout. Still storyline sleepy enough that I can fall asleep while reading it.Having a mixed reaction... there are laugh-out-loud funny lines, or lines I want to quote later, every few pages, and yet it puts me to sleep. I find the Jasper narrated bits less to...
Australiens irrste Familie sind wohl die Deans, zumindest in Steve Toltz' Romandebut Vatermord und andere Familienvergnügen. Jasper Dean erzählt, wie sein Vater Martin und dessen Bruder Terry Berühmtheit auf dem ganzen Inselkontinent erlangten, der eine als Wohltäter und Gutmensch, aber gehasst wie ...
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