Steve Toltz

Steve famously shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his very first novel, A Fraction of the Whole.

Steve famously shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his very first novel, A Fraction of the Whole.

Hi, Steve.

Hi, Steve.

Hi, Claire.

Hi, Claire.

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for having me.

It's a pleasure.

It's a pleasure.

But this idea of rolling a dice to see which child will live with which parent, it's brutal.

But this idea of rolling a dice to see which child will live with which parent, it's brutal.

Yeah, I think I found it a bit of both.

Yeah, I think I found it a bit of both.

But I want people to get a bit of a sense of the tone and of the relationship between these parents who are probably some of my favourite characters in the book.

But I want people to get a bit of a sense of the tone and of the relationship between these parents who are probably some of my favourite characters in the book.

Can you read a little bit just from this prologue here where the parents have just rolled the dice?

Can you read a little bit just from this prologue here where the parents have just rolled the dice?

Can you read to us what comes next?

Can you read to us what comes next?