Edward St Aubyn The Patrick Melrose Novels Hardback Book

The Patrick Melrose Novels hilariously dissect the English upper class, conjuring a world of decadence, amorality, greed, snobbery, and cruelty, but never without the possibility of grace. Taken together, they are one of the most thrilling reading experiences in contemporary fiction. Edward St. Aubyn chronicled the life of Patrick Melrose across five short novels, painting an acrid portrait of a beleaguered and selfloathing world of privilege. Never Mind unfolds over a day and an evening at the familys chateau in the south of France, where the sadistic and terrifying figure of David Melrose dominates the lives of his rich and unhappy American wife, Eleanor, and their fiveyearold son, Patrick. Bad News opens as Patrick, now twentytwo years old, sets off to collect his fathers ashes from New York, where he will spend a drugcrazed twentyfour hours. Back in England, Some Hope offers Patrick the possibility of recovery (and the most debauched and riotous dinner party in contemporary fiction).The Bookershortlisted Mothers Milk returns to the family chateau, where Patrick, now married and a father himself, struggles with child rearing, adultery, his mothers desire for assisted suicide, and the loss of the family home. At Last, set over the single day of a funeral, is the stunning final volume. | Edward St Aubyn The Patrick Melrose Novels Hardback Book