- Steve Toltz
Steve Toltz (born in 1972 in
Sydney ) is anAustralian novelist.Life and works
Toltz graduated from the University of Newcastle,
New South Wales , in 1994. Prior to his literary career, he lived inMontreal ,Vancouver ,New York ,Barcelona , andParis , variously working as a cameraman, telemarketer, security guard, private investigator, English teacher, and screenwriter."
A Fraction of the Whole ", his first novel, was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim. It is a comic novel which tells the history of a family of Australian outcasts. The narration of the novel alternates between Jasper Dean, a philosophical, idealistic inmate at a modern day Australian prison and his father, Martin Dean, a philosopher and shut-in described at the start of the novel as "the most hated man in all of Australia". This is in contrast with Terry Dean, Jasper's uncle, whom Jasper describes as "the most beloved man in all of Australia". The novel spans the entirety of Martin's life and several years after (a range never specified in the text, but starting after World War II and ending in the early 2000s), and is set in Australia, Paris, and Thailand.The novel has repeatedly been compared favourably to
John Kennedy Toole `sPulitzer Prize winning novel "A Confederacy of Dunces ". [ [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120251045084055011.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal The Wall Street Journal review ] ] [ [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=44a60be5-4bf8-444c-855f-b01719414d72 Ottawa Citizen review] ] . "A Fraction of the Whole" has been shortlisted for the 2008Man Booker Prize [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7606147.stm] and the 2008 Guardian First Book award. [ [http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/thisyear/longlist The Man Booker Prize Longlist] ]References
External links
* [http://www.stevetoltz.com/stevetoltz Steve Toltz Offical Website]
* [http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=1537 Bookbrowse Biography]
* [http://www.stevetoltz.com/stevetoltz/Reviews_Links.html A Fraction of the Whole - Reviews Links]
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