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'INGA Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book— and a mystery that has captivated generations of readers.
'Nearly fifty years later, Brisbane bookseller Caddie Walker is waiting in line to see a Karlson exhibition featuring the famous fragments when she meets a charismatic older woman. The woman quotes a phrase from the Karlson fragments that Caddie knows does not exist—and yet to Caddie, who knows Inga Karlson’s work like she knows her name, it feels genuine.
'Caddie is electrified. Jolted her from her sleepy, no-worries life in torpid 1980s Brisbane, she is driven to investigate: to find the clues that will unlock the greatest literary mystery of the twentieth century.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: To Robbie, of course.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Toni Jordan : The Fragments
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2021;
— Review of The Fragments 2018 single work novel'This week, Michelle McLaren discusses Toni Jordan’s 2018 novel of intrigue and literary obsession, The Fragments.'
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Caddie and Inga
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 407 2018; (p. 38-39)'In the swampy heat of a Brisbane summer in 1986, a young bookshop assistant tries to solve a fifty-year-old mystery involving Inga Karlson, a legendary New York author who died in a warehouse fire in 1939. Caddie Walker, the bookseller, is idealistic enough to believe that books can change people’s lives. Perhaps they can: literally, and in unexpected ways.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup : Speaking Up, The Fragments, The Butcherbird Stories
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , October 2018;
— Review of Speaking Up 2018 single work autobiography ; The Fragments 2018 single work novel ; The Butcherbird Stories 2018 selected work short story -
Toni Jordan : The Fragments
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 October - 2 November 2018;'Toni Jordan’s latest novel, The Fragments, draws together two women living about 50 years apart: Caddie, an avid reader and bookseller, in Joh Bjelke-Petersen-era Brisbane; and Rachel, a Pennsylvania farmgirl, who runs away from a silk factory and poverty to reinvent herself in 1930s New York. What links them is a world-renowned writer, Inga Karlson, and her first novel, All Has an End.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup : Speaking Up, The Fragments, The Butcherbird Stories
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , October 2018;
— Review of Speaking Up 2018 single work autobiography ; The Fragments 2018 single work novel ; The Butcherbird Stories 2018 selected work short story -
Toni Jordan : The Fragments
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2021;
— Review of The Fragments 2018 single work novel'This week, Michelle McLaren discusses Toni Jordan’s 2018 novel of intrigue and literary obsession, The Fragments.'
-
Toni Jordan : The Fragments
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 October - 2 November 2018;'Toni Jordan’s latest novel, The Fragments, draws together two women living about 50 years apart: Caddie, an avid reader and bookseller, in Joh Bjelke-Petersen-era Brisbane; and Rachel, a Pennsylvania farmgirl, who runs away from a silk factory and poverty to reinvent herself in 1930s New York. What links them is a world-renowned writer, Inga Karlson, and her first novel, All Has an End.' (Introduction)
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Caddie and Inga
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 407 2018; (p. 38-39)'In the swampy heat of a Brisbane summer in 1986, a young bookshop assistant tries to solve a fifty-year-old mystery involving Inga Karlson, a legendary New York author who died in a warehouse fire in 1939. Caddie Walker, the bookseller, is idealistic enough to believe that books can change people’s lives. Perhaps they can: literally, and in unexpected ways.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2019 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2019 longlisted Indie Awards — Fiction
- Brisbane, Queensland,
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New York (City),
New York (State),
cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
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Pennsylvania,
cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
- 1986
- 1928-1939