A Fraction of the Whole, (Paperback)

from Fenoxielo

This is a fantastic, fantastic book that I can't recommend highly enough. It seems to have flown under the radar a bit since landing on the shortlist for the Booker in 2008, but it deserves a much wider audience. It can be funny and tragic in the same sentence, and will leave you with a smile on ...

from BoundTogetherForGood

This was my second time reading this title. Still loved it. A great story for the sake of a story. Reading it with my best friend, Tammy. Gave my print copy to Scott to read. Found out on vacation that Duffy recently bought a copy, by chance, and is reading it! I still loved it.

from jayne_charles

This started brilliant and for five hundred pages it just got better. Packed with hilarious one-liners and quirky observations it's an exhilarating and often farcical romp through the lives of the Dean family, a tale involving criminality, mental illness and skip-loads of philosophy. It visits so...

from BritAnnia

Words that came to mind while reading this book: Absorbing, Depressing, Sarcastic, Dire, Angst, Rambling, Sad, Vulnerable, Plaintive, and ultimately an extremely enjoyable read. I never found the story riotously funny, rollicking or hilarious, as reviews splashed across the cover indicate. Howeve...

from donnambr

Once in a while I will read a book that will leave me utterly astounded. After I finish such a book I feel moved in a way I cannot explain. I become almost zealous in my advertising of said book, telling relatives, friends, colleagues etc. I want to leap on strangers on trains who are reading it ...