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"A grieving son recalls life with his overly-intellectual paranoid father."
"Eine Vater-Sohn-Geschichte - aberwitzig und teuflisch gut erzählt! Jasper Dean sitzt im Gefängnis und erzählt von den Jahren, als er sein wollte wie sein Onkel Terry, ein Polizistenmörder, der zum beliebtesten Volkshelden des Landes avancierte. Kein Wunder, dass Jaspers Vater alles daransetzte, als Australiens größter Wohltäter gleichzuziehen. Jasper wurde Zeuge seines Scheiterns - und erzählt nun die ungeschminkte Geschichte der Deans. Ein höchst vergnüglicher Ausflug an den Rand des Wahnsinns, auf der Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens. "Die Leiche meines Vaters werden sie nie finden."Mit diesen Worten beginnt Jasper Dean die Odyssee durch die windungsreiche Geschichte seiner Familie. Zeit seines Lebens hat sich Jasper mit der Frage herumgeschlagen, ob er seinen Vater bedauern, ignorieren, ihn verehren oder gar umbringen solle. Vater Martin, ein Moralist ohnegleichen, war Australiens meistgehasster Wohltäter. Und nichts hat ihn mehr verärgert, als der Bruder von Terry Dean zu sein - dem beliebtesten Verbrecher des Landes. Nicht verwunderlich also, dass Jasper unter die Räder des Bruderzwistes kam ... Mit unbändiger Fabulierfreude entführt uns Steve Toltz in die verrückte Welt der Deans. Höchst amüsant erzählt er von Räuberhöhlen und Nervenheilanstalten, von wilden Verfolgungsjagden durch drei Kontinente, von den Höhen der ersten Liebe und den Tiefen fehlgeleiteten Ehrgeizes? von allem, was das Leben zu bieten hat."
"A dysfunctional family saga."@en
"Martin Dean spent his life analyzing absolutely everything - from the benefits of suicide to the virtues of strip clubs - and passing on his self-taught knowledge to his son, Jasper. But now that his father's dead, Jasper can fully reflect on the man who raised him in intellectual captivity, and the irony is this: theirs was a great adventure."@en
"Meet the Deans. "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? Families or enemies? " ... Anyway, you know how it is. Every family has a story like this one." Most of his life, Jasper Dean couldn't decide whether to pity, hate, love, or murder his certifiably paranoid father, Martin, a man who overanalyzed anything and everything and imparted his self-garnered wisdom to his only son. But now that Martin is dead, Jasper can fully reflect on the crackpot who raised him in intellectual captivity, and what he realizes is that, for all its lunacy, theirs was a grand adventure. As he recollects the events that led to his father's demise, Jasper recounts a boyhood of outrageous schemes and shocking discoveries--about his infamous outlaw uncle Terry, his mysteriously absent European mother, and Martin's constant losing battle to make a lasting mark on the world he so disdains. It's a story that takes them from the Australian bush to the cafes of bohemian Paris, from the Thai jungle to strip clubs, asylums, labyrinths, and criminal lairs, and from the highs of first love to the lows of failed ambition. The result is a rollicking rollercoaster ride from obscurity to infamy, and the moving, memorable story of a father and son whose spiritual symmetry transcends all their many shortcomings."@en
"A la mort de son père, un philosophe autodidacte, Jasper Dean, revient sur la vie de cet homme qu'il a à la fois détesté et adoré. Un conte philosophique qui, au présent du narrateur mêle des épisodes passés de la vie de son père. Premier roman."
"After his father's death, Jasper reflects on Martin Dean, the man who had raised him in intellectual captivity and who had spent his entire life analyzing absolutely everything, and describes his father's failed battle to make a lasting impression on the world."@en
"After his father's death, Jasper reflects on Martin Dean, the man who had raised him in intellectual captivity and who had spent his entire life analyzing absolutely everything, and describes his father's failed battle to make a lasting impression on the world."
"From the Australian bush to the cafes of Paris; from the highs of first love to the lows of failed ambition, this is an unforgettable, rollicking and deeply moving family story."
"Durante la mayor parte de su vida, Jasper Dean no ha sabido si compadecer, odiar, amar o asesinar a su paranoico y excepcional padre, Martin. Pero ahora que Martin ha muerto, Jasper puede reflexionar acerca del hombre que lo crió, y lo que descubre es que, pese a todas sus excentricidades, la suya fue una gran aventura. Mientras rememora los extraordinarios acontecimientos que llevaron al espectacular final de su padre, Jasper Dean recuerda una infancia de métodos estrambóticos y descubrimientos sorprendentes."
"Een jonge Australiër vertelt vanuit de gevangenis de avontuurlijke levensgeschiedenis van zijn verdwenen vader, diens beruchte criminele broer en van zichzelf."

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"Picaresque literature"@en
"Picaresque literature"
"Australské romány"
"Proofs (Printing)"@en
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"@tr
"Spanish fiction"
"Romans (teksten)"
"Domestic fiction"
"Domestic fiction"@en
"Electronic books"
"Electronic books"@en
"Australian fiction"
"Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
"Humorous novels"
"Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
"Humoristické romány"
"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en

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"A Fraction of the Whole"@en
"Una parte del tutto"@it
"Una parte del tutto"
"A Fraction of the whole"
"En brøkdel af helheden : roman"@da
"Bütünün bir parçası"@tr
"Una Part del tot"
"Une partie du tout"
"Una part del tot"
"Uma parte do tutto"
"Una parte del todo"
"Vatermord und andere Familienvergnügen Roman"
"Vatermord und andere Familienvergnügen : Roman"
"Vatermord und andere familienvergnügen : Roman"
"Zlomek celku : o otcovraždě a jiných rodinných potěšeních"
"Een fractie van het geheel"
"Una Parte del todo"
"A fraction of the whole : [a novel]"
"Odprysk całości"@pl
"Vatermord und andere Familienvergnügen (Roman)"
"A fraction of the whole"
"A fraction of the whole"@en

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