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Here Goes Nothing

by Steve Toltz ...

A Times (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022A wildly inventive, savagely funny and topical novel about love, mortality and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole.Angus is a reformed ne'er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he's murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell, ... Read more

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A Times (of London) Best Fiction Book of 2022A wildly inventive, savagely funny and topical novel about love, mortality and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole.Angus is a reformed ne'er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he's murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell,
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A Fraction of the Whole

A Novel

by Steve Toltz ...

**BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST · NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe Father is Martin Dean.**He taught his son always to make up his mind, and then change it. An impossible, brilliant, restless man, he just wanted the world to listen to him – and the trouble started when the world did.The Uncle is Terry Dean.As a boy, Terry was the local sporting hero. As a man, he became Australia's favourite criminal, making up for ... Read more

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**BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST · NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe Father is Martin Dean.**He taught his son always to make up his mind, and then change it. An impossible, brilliant, restless man, he just wanted the world to listen to him – and the trouble started when the world did.The Uncle is Terry Dean.As a boy, Terry was the local sporting hero. As a man, he became Australia's favourite criminal, making up for
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Quicksand

by Steve Toltz ...

A daring, brilliant new novel from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz, for fans of Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, and David Foster Wallace: a fearlessly funny, outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends.Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop. Aldo, his best friend and muse, is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster. As Aldo's luck worsens, Liam ... Read more

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A daring, brilliant new novel from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz, for fans of Dave Eggers, Martin Amis, and David Foster Wallace: a fearlessly funny, outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends.Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop. Aldo, his best friend and muse, is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster. As Aldo's luck worsens, Liam
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A Rising of the Lights

by Steve Toltz ...

Blending the deadpan satire of Interior Chinatown with the emotional chaos of The Nest, A Rising of the Lights offers a voice-rich exploration of modern masculinity, caregiving, and AI-era absurdity.Russell Wilson, recently out of a job and an unhappy marriage, is adjusting to aimlessness—until the Overcrowding and Relief Act of 2026 forces his difficult parents out of a care facility into his ... Read more

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Blending the deadpan satire of Interior Chinatown with the emotional chaos of The Nest, A Rising of the Lights offers a voice-rich exploration of modern masculinity, caregiving, and AI-era absurdity.Russell Wilson, recently out of a job and an unhappy marriage, is adjusting to aimlessness—until the Overcrowding and Relief Act of 2026 forces his difficult parents out of a care facility into his
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A Fraction of the Whole

by Steve Toltz ...

Narrated by Colin McPhillamy, Craig Baldwin, Multiple Narrators ...

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25 hours 12 min

Martin Dean spent his entire 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.From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the ... Read more

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Martin Dean spent his entire 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.From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the
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Here Goes Nothing

by Steve Toltz ...

Narrated by Ben Chapple ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

A wildly inventive, savagely funny, and topical novel about love, mortality, and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole.Angus is a reformed ne’er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he’s murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell, Angus finds himself in the afterlife—a ... Read more

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A wildly inventive, savagely funny, and topical novel about love, mortality, and the afterlife, by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole.Angus is a reformed ne’er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he’s murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell, Angus finds himself in the afterlife—a
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A Rising of the Lights

by Steve Toltz ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

Blending the deadpan satire of Interior Chinatown with the emotional chaos of The Nest, A Rising of the Lights offers a voice-rich exploration of modern masculinity, caregiving, and AI-era absurdity.Russell Wilson, recently out of a job and an unhappy marriage, is adjusting to aimlessness—until the Overcrowding and Relief Act of 2026 forces his difficult parents out of a care facility into his ... Read more

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Blending the deadpan satire of Interior Chinatown with the emotional chaos of The Nest, A Rising of the Lights offers a voice-rich exploration of modern masculinity, caregiving, and AI-era absurdity.Russell Wilson, recently out of a job and an unhappy marriage, is adjusting to aimlessness—until the Overcrowding and Relief Act of 2026 forces his difficult parents out of a care facility into his
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The Eye of the Sheep

by Sofie Laguna ...

Narrated by Nikos Andronicos ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate life on his own, and make ... Read more

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Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate life on his own, and make
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The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs

by Nick Trout ...

Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to his hometown after inheriting his father's failing veterinary practice. Cyrus intends to sell the practice and get out of town as fast as he can, but when his first patient—a down-on-her-luck golden retriever named Frieda Fuzzypaws—wags her way through the door, life suddenly gets complicated.With the help of a black Labrador gifted in the art of swallowing underwear, a ... Read more

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Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to his hometown after inheriting his father's failing veterinary practice. Cyrus intends to sell the practice and get out of town as fast as he can, but when his first patient—a down-on-her-luck golden retriever named Frieda Fuzzypaws—wags her way through the door, life suddenly gets complicated.With the help of a black Labrador gifted in the art of swallowing underwear, a
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Relativity

by Antonia Hayes ...

Narrated by Antonia Hayes ...

Unabridged

13 hours 31 min

A “beautifully written, heartbreaking” (S. J. Watson) literary novel about a gifted boy obsessed with physics who uncovers the truth about his past—and the devastating family secret his overprotective single mother has tried to hide.“Original, compassionate, cleverly plotted, and genuinely difficult to put down.” —Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie ProjectTwelve-year ... Read more

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A “beautifully written, heartbreaking” (S. J. Watson) literary novel about a gifted boy obsessed with physics who uncovers the truth about his past—and the devastating family secret his overprotective single mother has tried to hide.“Original, compassionate, cleverly plotted, and genuinely difficult to put down.” —Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie ProjectTwelve-year
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Orpheus Nine

by Chris Flynn ...

Narrated by Eva Seymour ...

Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

WINNER OF THE AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL 2025An unputdownable supernatural thriller about a mysterious global event, set in an Australian rural town.It began in every town and city at the same time, in every dark and twisted corner of our world. One third of the earth's citizens were asleep at the time. Their awakening was marked by horror and confusion. Just about everyone else had ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL 2025An unputdownable supernatural thriller about a mysterious global event, set in an Australian rural town.It began in every town and city at the same time, in every dark and twisted corner of our world. One third of the earth's citizens were asleep at the time. Their awakening was marked by horror and confusion. Just about everyone else had
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The Good Daughter

A memoir of losing my father and finding home

by Kumi Taguchi ...

Narrated by Kumi Taguchi ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

**'At once so personal, yet utterly universal. A visceral, thoughtful and emotionally compelling story.' Melissa LeongIn a beautifully crafted memoir of captivating emotional honesty, the SBS Insight host sets out to understand the dad she never really knew, and – along the way – herself.**Growing up, Kumi Taguchi thought her father was merely distant: reserved, obsessively frugal and – after her ... Read more

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**'At once so personal, yet utterly universal. A visceral, thoughtful and emotionally compelling story.' Melissa LeongIn a beautifully crafted memoir of captivating emotional honesty, the SBS Insight host sets out to understand the dad she never really knew, and – along the way – herself.**Growing up, Kumi Taguchi thought her father was merely distant: reserved, obsessively frugal and – after her
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