Original sentence: " The Courier Mail's Lon Bram said that "every sentence is a quotable aphorism clothed in light-hearted observations about human behaviour", and called it "a 700-page modern classic." The New York Times review by John Freeman was more negative, saying that while "there are a few nice moments", the novel "tries to create friction between Martin’s and Jasper’s different renditions of events, but this fails because they sound the same.A review by Kyle Smith in The Wall Street Journal called A Fraction of the Whole "a riotously funny first novel by Australian Steve Toltz that is harder to ignore than a crate of puppies, twice as playful and just about as messy.But just as often, his recollections are too dense and long-winded to penetrate.Despite not being a commercial success, the novel received generally positive reviews.Tina Jordan of Entertainment Weekly gave the novel a grade of "B", saying that "sometimes Jasper is laugh-out-loud funny
Edited sentence: A 700-page modern classic”.An epic work of imagination”.COURIER MAIL.Despite not being a commercial success, the novel received largely positive reviews.Entertainment Weekly.HERALD SUN.Los Angeles Times.Sydney Morning Herald.WALL ST JOURNAL.“Brilliantly funny… every sentence is a quotable aphorism clothed in light-hearted observations about human behaviour.“Bursting with ideas and filled with lasting images.“riotously funny first novel by Australian Steve Toltz that is harder to ignore than a crate of puppies, twice as playful and just about as messy”