Steve Toltz's novel, A Fraction of the Whole, continues to impress as it is named on the shortlist for the "Guardian" First Book Award.
The full shortlist is as follows:
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
Stalin's Children by Owen Matthews
God's Own Country by Ross Raisin
The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
The winner will be announced in early December.
