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Steve Toltz
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Steve Toltz was born in Sydney, Australia in 1972. His first novel, A Fraction of the Whole, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. His second novel, Quicksand, won the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour.

Books by Steve Toltz

A Fraction Of The Whole

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.

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Here Goes Nothing

The virtuoso new novel from the author of the Booker-shortlisted A Fraction of the Whole.

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Quicksand

From the author of the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted A Fraction of the Whole comes a daring, brilliant work by one of our most original and fearless novelists

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