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Dunbar

Dunbar

Edward St. Aubyn

Random House UK
2017
nidottu
I really did have an empire, you know, said (Dunbar). 'Have I ever told you the story of how it was stolen from me?' Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions...Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate? Edward St Aubyn is renowned for his masterwork, the five Melrose novels, which dissect with savage and beautiful precision the agonies of family life. His take on King Lear, Shakespeare's most devastating family story, is an excoriating novel for and of our times - an examination of power, money and the value of forgiveness.
Dvojnoj kontrol

Dvojnoj kontrol

Edward St. Aubyn

Inostranka
2022
sidottu
"Tsikl romanov o Patrike Melrouze javilsja dlja menja samym potrjasajuschim chitatelskim opytom poslednego desjatiletija", - pisal Majkl Shejbon. Emu vtorili takie mastitye literatory, kak Devid Nikole ("Romany Edvarda Sent-Obina o Patrike Melrouze -polnyj vostorg ot nachala do kontsa. Chitat vsem, nemedlenno!"), Alan Khollingkherst ("Edvard Sent-Obin - verojatno, samyj blestjaschij britanskij avtor svoego pokolenija"), Elis Sibold ("Edvard Sent-Obin - odin iz nashikh velichajshikh stilistov, a ego romany o Patrike Melrouze - shedevr literatury XXI veka") i mnogie drugie. Nu a v teleseriale "Patrik Melrouz" glavnuju rol blistatelno ispolnil Benedikt Kamberbetch.V svoem novejshem romane "Dvojnoj kontrol" Sent-Obin "s neobychajnoj legkostju zatragivaet samye zhivotrepeschuschie problemy. Kniga pronzaet i porazhaet do glubiny dushi, prevraschaja sereznye temy - nejrobiologiju, ekologiju, psikhoanaliz, teologiju, onkologiju i genetiku v uvlekatelnyj fejerverk novatorskikh idej... V svoem voskhititelnom romane Sent-Obin s almaznoj ostrotoj obnazhaet suschnost semi i ljubvi, druzhby i sopernichestva, ambitsij i nravstvennosti" (Air Mail). Peremeschajas iz Londona na frantsuzskij Lazurnyj Bereg, a iz glushi Sasseksa v kalifornijskij Big-Sur, geroi Sent-Obina issledujut temy svobody i predopredelenija, zagadki zhizni i problemy soznanija. Pri etom Frensis i Olivija bez uma vljubleny drug v druga, a Ljusi, staraja podruga Olivii, pytaetsja vystroit otnoshenija so svoim novym bossom Khanterom, virtuozom venchurnykh investitsij..."Genri Dzhejms, schitavshij, chto romanist pervym delom objazan zainteresovyvat chitatelja, byl by schastliv poznakomitsja s Sent-Obinom. "Dvojnoj kontrol" - emotsionalno ubeditelnyj i intellektualno zacharovyvajuschij roman. Ja ne mog ot nego otorvatsja" (Ien Makjuen).Vpervye na russkom!
Dvojnoj kontrol

Dvojnoj kontrol

Edward St. Aubyn

Azbooka
2024
nidottu
"Tsikl romanov o Patrike Melrouze javilsja dlja menja samym potrjasajuschim chitatelskim opytom poslednego desjatiletija", - pisal Majkl Shejbon. Emu vtorili takie mastitye literatory, kak Devid Nikols ("Romany Edvarda Sent-Obina o Patrike Melrouze - polnyj vostorg ot nachala do kontsa. Chitat vsem, nemedlenno!"), Alan Khollingkherst ("Edvard Sent-Obin - verojatno, samyj blestjaschij britanskij avtor svoego pokolenija"), Elis Sibold ("Edvard Sent-Obin - odin iz nashikh velichajshikh stilistov, a ego romany o Patrike Melrouze - shedevr literatury XXI veka") i mnogie drugie. Nu a v teleseriale "Patrik Melrouz" glavnuju rol blistatelno ispolnil Benedikt Kamberbetch. V svoem novejshem romane "Dvojnoj kontrol" Sent-Obin "s neobychajnoj legkostju zatragivaet samye zhivotrepeschuschie problemy. Kniga pronzaet i porazhaet do glubiny dushi, prevraschaja sereznye temy - nejrobiologiju, ekologiju, psikhoanaliz, teologiju, onkologiju i genetiku v uvlekatelnyj fejerverk novatorskikh idej... V svoem voskhititelnom romane Sent-Obin s almaznoj ostrotoj obnazhaet suschnost semi i ljubvi, druzhby i sopernichestva, ambitsij i nravstvennosti" (Air Mail). Peremeschajas iz Londona na frantsuzskij Lazurnyj Bereg, a iz glushi Sasseksa v kalifornijskij Big-Sur, geroi Sent-Obina issledujut temy svobody i predopredelenija, zagadki zhizni i problemy soznanija. Pri etom Frensis i Olivija bez uma vljubleny drug v druga, a Ljusi, staraja podruga Olivii, pytaetsja vystroit otnoshenija so svoim novym bossom Khanterom, virtuozom venchurnykh investitsij... "Genri Dzhejms, schitavshij, chto romanist pervym delom objazan zainteresovyvat chitatelja, byl by schastliv poznakomitsja s Sent-Obinom. "Dvojnoj kontrol" - emotsionalno ubeditelnyj i intellektualno zacharovyvajuschij roman. Ja ne mog ot nego otorvatsja" (Ien Makjuen).
Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose

Edward St. Aubyn

Gyldendal
2015
pokkari
Disse romanene, som er vekselvis opprivende og hysterisk morsomme, dissekerer den engelske overklassen idet vi følger Patrick Melroses historie fra barnemishandling via heroinavhengighet til rehabilitering.Glem det er den første romanen. Historien vikles ut i løpet av en dag og en kveld på familiens gods i Sør-Frankrike, der den sadistiske og skrekkinngytende David Melrose dominerer livet til sin fem år gamle sønn, Patrick, og hans rike og ulykkelige amerikanske mor, Eleanor.Ikke bra: Fra mishandling til misbruk. Den tjueto år gamle Patrick drar av sted for å hente sin fars aske i New York, der han tilbringer et døgn i narkorus.Litt håp: Vi er tilbake i England og møter en nykter og rusfri Patrick med mulighet for å komme på fote.Morsmelk: Den tidligere velrenommerte og velstående Melrose-familien befinner seg i krise. Patrick er fanget i restene av brutte løfter, utroskap og assistert selvmord, mens hans kone har gitt seg hen til morsrollen og hans mor til en New Age-stiftelse. Og hans fem år gamle sønn forstår altfor mye av det som foregår. Morsmelk er en blendende utforskning av de tøffe alliansene mellom foreldre og barn, menn og kvinner, og nok en gang blir vi vitner til Edward St. Aubyns utmerkede evne til å balansere følelsesmessig smerte med bittersøt humor.Til slutt: Da venner, slekt og fiender samles for å minnes Patrick Melroses mor, Eleanor, spekulerer Patrick på om et liv uten foreldre endelig vil gi ham den friheten han alltid har drømt om. Etter at bisettelsen er over og familien samles for siste gang, blant alle høflighetsfrasene som veksles og skrekkscenarioene som oppstår, mellom stillheten og stormen, begynner Patrick å skimte en ny æra: En fornemmelse av trygghet – til slutt.Med Morsmelk og Til slutt avslutter Edward St. Aubyn serien om Patrick Melrose, en serie som vil bli stående igjen som søyler i den britiske kanon. Med en skarp, presis penn skriver han frem overklassens uovertrufne selvforherligelse og selvforakt. Det er bare å lene seg tilbake og la seg overmanne av en kaotisk, ondsinnet verden. For en vemmelse. For en fryd!Edward St. Aubyn byr på et vindu inn til en gjennomdekadent, amoralsk, grådig, snobbete og ond verden - velkommen til det vaklende britiske aristokratiet.Kritikerne jubler!«Etter hvert som støvet legger seg etter mediekampen om oppmerksomhet, trer de siste tjue årenes litterære landskap klarere frem. Et av de engelskspråklige verkene som fremstår som stadig mer betydningsfullt er Edward St. Aubyns selvbiografiske romansyklus om den narkomane overklassegutten, advokaten og etter hvert tørrlagte familiefaren Patrick Melrose.» Aage Borchgrevink, Aftenposten«Edward St. Aubyns tre første bøker om Patrick Melrose (...) er blant det mest lesverdige fra 2014.» Susanne Hedemann Hiorth, Dagens Næringsliv«De konsise titlene skjuler for det første en utpenslet stil som drypper av kynisk humor, ond satire og selvfølgelig britisk eleganse - ikke for ingenting er St. Aubyn blitt sammenliknet med Evelyn Waugh og Oscar Wilde.» Erik Bjerck Hagen, Morgenbladet«Nådeløst ironisk, dypt tragisk og uhyre elegant – en selvbiografisk roman-syklus i en klasse for seg.» Anne Schäffer, Bergens Tidende«St. Aubyn skildrer Patricks familie, og den britiske overklassen, med et så syrlig språk, med så nøktern misantropi, at det legger seg en aura av noe annet, ja, noe klassisk og tragisk, over fortellingene. Å lese dem minner om å dukke plutselig ned i veldig kaldt og veldig klart vann.» Jan Grue, Klassekampen«Også de to siste bøkene i serien om Patrick Melrose er bladvendere utenom det vanlige.» Maria Årolilja Rø, Adresseavisen«Det skal godt gjøres ikke å finne minst én hel- eller halvgenial formulering på hver st. Aubyn-side.» Erik Bjerck Hagen, Morgenbladet«[Bøkene] er spekket med skarpe observasjoner og engelsk humor - intelligent, beleven, med snert – og med en sår, ja, tragisk, undertone. Det er bare å gi seg over.» Torborg Igland, Fædrelandsvennen
Dunbar

Dunbar

Edward St. Aubyn

Gyldendal
2019
sidottu
Henry Dunbar, den en gang så mektige lederen for et globalt mediekonsern, holdes fanget på et finere sanatorium på den engelske landsbygda. Han har overlatt ansvaret for konsernet til sine to eldste døtre, Abbey og Megan. De har, sammen med sin felles elsker Dr. Bob, lurt sin far til å innta et medikament som gir ham vrangforestillinger. Dunbar begynner med tiden å innse at han angrer, han vil ha imperiet sitt tilbake.Med en dement og alkoholisert komiker som selskap, begynner Dunbar å planlegge flukten. Han rømmer fra sanatoriet, med familien hakk i hæl. Men hvem finner ham først: hans elskede yngstedatter Florence, eller rovdyrene Megan og Abby, som begge er ivrige etter å slå kloa i rikdommen hans?Dunbar er en mørk og humoristisk familietragedie og en gjenfortelling av en av Shakespeares mest leste dramaer, Kong Lear. Edward St. Aubyn, en av Englands fremste stilister, er berømt for de fem bøkene om Patrick Melrose. I sin nye bok utforsker St. Aubyn begrepene grådighet, makt og tilgivelse, gjennom det som har blitt en roman for og av vår tid.«Patrick Melrose-forfatter Edward St. Aubyn har skrevet en sprelsk, underholdende og sarkastisk gjenfortelling av William Shakespeares klassiker 'Kong Lear'. ... Resultatet er en blanding av tragedie og farse, intenst velskrevet og engasjerende.» Sindre Hovdenakk, VG«Edward St. Aubyn har gjort en fornøyelig, underholdende og vittig vri på Shakespeare for vår tid» Jan Askelund, Stavanger Aftenblad«Han beskriver de frykteligste ting, fysisk og åndelig vold, menneskeforakt, maktsyke og maktmisbruk – men med sterke innslag av mørk og absurd humor – gjenkjennelig St. Aubynsk og dessuten svært britisk. Det siste skyldes ikke minst St. Aubyns briljante formuleringsevne, hans blikk for det vesentlige i menneskelig atferd på det verste.» Leif Ekle, NRK«Koblingen mellom St. Aubyn og Lear kan synes nesten forutbestemt – for hvem har bedre forutsetninger for å ta for seg et skuespill om maktkamp og familiestrid enn forfatteren av de fem Patrick Melrose-romanene, som alle handler om utdrivelsen av forfedrenes demoner? St. Aubyns utsøkte, sylskarpe språk kan konkurrere med Shakespeare … Ingen andre nålevende forfattere har den samme evnen til å kombinere gudbenådet ironi og Wodehouse-aktig overklassesatire med en dyptpløyende forståelse av eksistensielt mørke.» The Atlantic«St. Aubyns overdådige språk er samtidig også meget presist – han tåkelegger aldri metaforer … St. Aubyn har bygget sin forfatterkarriere på det smertefulle livet i familier, og språket hans er mangetydig og poetisk, tørt, ordrikt, selvbevisst og rått.» NPR.org«St. Aubyn glitrer når han avkler de rike og lastefulle.» The Los Angeles Times «[Dunbar] tar leseren med på en underholdende, halsbrekkende reise gjennom ugjerningene til den største ansamlingen av narrer man noensinne vil møte.» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette«Henry Dunbar – tenk Rupert Murdoch eller Sumner Redstone – rømmer fra et sanatorium i England med én ting for øyet: hevn.» Esquire«En briljant bearbeidelse av William Shakespeares Kong Lear for vår tid.» Kirkus«St. Aubyns strålende beskrivelser av naturens store drama og Dunbars nedbrutte psyke, Florences kjærlighet og søstrenes ondskap, utgjør til sammen en stilfull, kompleks og bitende tragedie.» Booklist«Romanen er det perfekte redskap for det denne forfatteren gjør aller best: å bruke sitt glitrende språk til å blottlegge privilegerte mennesker og de hule dynastiene deres.» Publishers Weekly
Romanerna om Patrick Melrose. Vol 1

Romanerna om Patrick Melrose. Vol 1

Edward St. Aubyn

Bonnier Pocket
2017
pokkari
”Det är helt enkelt exceptionellt bra. Så skarpt att orden skär ner till hjärtat, så medryckande sorgset och samtidigt så underhållande och roligt att den här recensenten vid upprepade tillfällen störde omgivningen med att skratta högt”.[Politiken]I fem självrannsakande romaner följer vi Patrick Melroses resa från barndom till vuxenliv; från övergrepp till överdoser och sedan till överlevnad. Edward St Aubyn har hyllats av en rad författare – bland andra Zadie Smith, Jonathan Franzen, Alan Hollinghurst – och har i sin giftiga skildring av den brittiska överklassen ofta jämförts med Oscar Wilde och Evelyn Waugh.Romanerna om Patrick Melrose – ”Glöm det”, ”Dåliga nyheter” och ”Visst hopp”.
Romanerna om Patrick Melrose. Vol 2

Romanerna om Patrick Melrose. Vol 2

Edward St. Aubyn

Bonnier Pocket
2018
pokkari
I fem självrannsakande romaner följer vi Patrick Melrose från barndom till vuxenliv; från övergrepp och överdoser till överlevnad. Efter faderns roll i hans liv är turen nu kommen att skärskåda modern. Edward St Aubyn har länge setts som en klassiker i hemlandet England. När de tre första delarna kom ut på svenska 2016 höjdes de till skyarna av en enig kritikerkår: ”Alldeles fantastisk; ett fantastiskt språk, en skakande historia och en humor som befriar”, sa t ex Yukiko Duke i SVT Gomorron Sverige.
At Last

At Last

Edward St Aubyn

Picador
2012
pokkari
At Last is the fifth and final instalment of Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick.As friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends and the family gathers one last time, amidst the social niceties and the social horrors, the calms and the rapids, Patrick begins to sense a new current: the chance of some form of safety – at last.
Lost For Words

Lost For Words

Edward St Aubyn

Picador
2015
pokkari
Each of the judges of the Elysian Prize for literature has a reason for accepting the job. For the chairman, MP Malcolm Craig, it is backbench boredom, media personality Jo Cross is on the hunt for a 'relevant' novel, and Oxbridge academic Vanessa Shaw is determined to discover good writing. But for Penny Feathers of the Foreign Office, it's all just getting in the way of writing her own thriller. Over the next few weeks they must read hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year, and so the judges spar, cajole and bargain in order that their chosen title gets the recognition it deserves.Meanwhile, a host of authors are desperate for Elysian glory, including brilliant writer and serial heart-breaker Katherine Burns, lovelorn debut novelist Sam Black, and Sonny, convinced that his magnum opus, The Mulberry Elephant, will take the literary world by storm.Lost for Words is razor-sharp and fabulously entertaining. It cuts to the quick of some of the deepest questions about the place of art in our celebrity-obsessed culture, and asks how we can ever hope to recognize real talent when everyone has an agenda.
Parallel Lines

Parallel Lines

Edward St Aubyn

Knopf Publishing Group
2025
sidottu
From the bestselling and award-winning author of the Patrick Melrose novels, a hilarious and moving story about a group of wildly different characters whose fates are improbably yet inextricably linked--a novel about extinction and survival, inheritance and loss, written with St. Aubyn's trademark wit and inimitable style It's the summer, and Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him grappling with his fragile grip on reality and his persistent hunger to connect with the biological mother who abandoned him as a child. His therapist, Martin, is facing challenges of his own, including his adopted daughter's tenuous relationship with her own biological mother--a predicament that makes Sebastian's struggle feel uncannily proximate to her own. Olivia is producing a radio series on catastrophic natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life, as her best friend, Lucy, faces a grave diagnosis, and her husband, Francis, pursues his mission of re-wilding the world. Over the course of the next year their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, as each of their destinies is revealed in a marvelous new light. With characteristic brilliance and humor, Parallel Lines investigates themes of dualism, determinism, connection, and love. St. Aubyn captures the life of the spirit as vibrantly as the life of the mind, in a novel that wrestles with moral and psychic anguish and the cascading consequences of our choices at every stage of life. A thrilling, wholly captivating novel from one of the most gifted writers at work today.
Never Mind

Never Mind

Edward St Aubyn

PAN MACMILLAN
2025
pokkari
Winner of the Betty Trask Award, Never Mind is the first in Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels.'Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation' - Alan HollinghurstAt his mother’s family house in the south of France, Patrick Melrose has the run of a magical garden. Bravely imaginative and self-sufficient, five-year-old Patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults with care. His father, David, rules with considered cruelty, and Eleanor, his mother, has retreated into drink. They are expecting guests for dinner. But this afternoon is unlike the chain of summer days before, and the shocking events that precede the guests’ arrival tear Patrick’s world in two.Never Mind was originally published, along with Bad News and Some Hope, as part of a three book omnibus, also called Some Hope.Part of the Picador Collection'At once epic and intimate, appalling and comic, the novels are masterpieces, each and every one’ - Maggie O’FarrellAdapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick.
Some Hope

Some Hope

Edward St Aubyn

PAN MACMILLAN
2025
pokkari
‘Our purest living prose stylist’ – The Guardian‘Tantalizing . . . A memorable tour de force’ – The New York Times Book ReviewSome Hope is the third in Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical series, The Patrick Melrose novels.Patrick Melrose, cleaned-up and world-weary, is a reluctant guest at a glittering party deep in the English countryside. Amid a crowd of flitting social dragonflies, he finds his search for redemption and capacity for forgiveness challenged by his observation of the cruelties around him. Armed with his biting wit and a newly fashioned openness, can Patrick, who has been to the furthest limits of experience and back again, find release from the savageries of his childhood?This title was originally published, along with Never Mind and Bad News, as part of a three-book omnibus, also called Some Hope.‘This is beautifully written novel . . . whose harrowing but fiercely funny portrait of addiction is the best I’ve ever read’ – Time OutThe Patrick Melrose books inspired a Sky Atlantic series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic addict.
Bad News

Bad News

Edward St Aubyn

PAN MACMILLAN
2025
pokkari
‘I’ve loved Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, now’ - David NichollsBad News is the second of Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic addict, Patrick.Twenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father’s ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge – desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past.Bad News was originally published, along with Never Mind and Some Hope, as part of a three-book omnibus also called Some Hope.‘The Melrose novels are remarkable – ferociously funny, painfully acute and exhilaratingly written’ - Peter Kemp, Sunday Times
Mother's Milk

Mother's Milk

Edward St Aubyn

PAN MACMILLAN
2025
pokkari
Shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeWinner of the South Bank Literature Award‘So good – so fantastically well-written, profound and humane . . . it is heart-stopping’ - ObserverThe once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should. But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings a new tenderness, and the possibility of change.‘Wonderful caustic wit . . . Polished yet profound, it’s even better than his previous work, and that’s saying something’ - The Guardian ‘Mother’s Milk has the cerebral excitement and piercing funniness of St Aubyn at his brilliant best’ - TatlerPart of the Picador Collection
At Last

At Last

Edward St Aubyn

PAN MACMILLAN
2025
pokkari
‘At Last is a miraculously wrought piece of art’ Suzi Feay, Financial Times‘A terrifying, spectacularly entertaining saga’ James Lasdun, The GuardianAt Last is the fifth instalment in Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical series, The Patrick Melrose novels.As friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends and the family gathers one last time, amidst the social niceties and the social horrors, the calms and the rapids, Patrick begins to sense a new current: the chance of some form of safety – at last.‘Remarkable. St Aubyn’s books are at once extremely dark and extremely funny’ Francine Prose, The New York Times‘The pinnacle of a series that has plunged into darkness and risen towards light. At Last is both resounding end and hopeful beginning’ Philip Womack, The TelegraphPart of the Picador Collection.
The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, at Last
A beautiful Contemporary Classics hardcover omnibus edition of all five Patrick Melrose novels, one of the greatest fiction cycles of our time Set in a world of decadence, greed, snobbery, and cruelty, Edward St Aubyn's brilliant short novels paint a harrowing and darkly hilarious portrait of the English upper class. Patrick's story of abuse, addiction, and recovery follows him across decades of his life in settings ranging from the Melrose family's chateau in the South of France to the gritty streets of lower Manhattan to a riotously lavish high-society party at an English country house. We first meet Patrick as a sensitive five-year-old terrorized by the sadism of his domineering father and the succeeding volumes give us glimpses of his life as he moves through drug-addicted young adulthood into middle age and parenthood, in an ongoing struggle for emotional stability that is both comic and heartbreaking. The stunning final volume, At Last, takes place over the single day of a momentous funeral, and offers Patrick the possibility of finding a measure of peace. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.
At Last: The Final Patrick Melrose Novel

At Last: The Final Patrick Melrose Novel

Edward St Aubyn

Picador USA
2012
nidottu
Now a 5-Part Limited Event Series on Showtime, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Blythe Danner A New York Times Notable Book of the Year - One of TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year - Named One of the best books of the Year by The Telegraph and Esquire Here, from the writer described by The Guardian as "our purest living prose stylist" and whom Alan Hollinghurst has called "the most brilliant English novelist of his generation," is a work of glittering social comedy, profound emotional truth, and acute verbal wit. At Last is also the stunning culmination of one of the great fiction enterprises of the past two decades in the life of the English novel. As readers of Edward St. Aubyn's extraordinary earlier works--Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and the Man Booker Prize finalist Mother's Milk--are well aware, for Patrick Melrose, "family" has always been a double-edged sword. At Last begins as friends, relatives, and foes trickle in to pay final respects to his mother, Eleanor. An American heiress, Eleanor married into the British aristocracy, giving up the grandeur of her upbringing for "good works" freely bestowed on everyone but her own son, who finds himself questioning whether his transition to a life without parents will indeed be the liberation he had so long imagined. The service ends, and family and friends gather for a final party. Amid the social niceties and social horrors, Patrick begins to sense the prospect of release from the extremes of his childhood, and at the end of the day, alone in his room, the promise some form of safety...at last.
Clue to the Exit

Clue to the Exit

Edward St Aubyn

Picador Paper
2015
nidottu
A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling. His novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, A Clue to the Exit comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.
Lost for Words

Lost for Words

Edward St Aubyn

Picador USA
2015
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A scabrously funny and fiercely intelligent satire of the literary world from the acclaimed author of the Patrick Melrose novels. Edward St. Aubyn is "great at dissecting an entire social world" (Michael Chabon, Los Angeles Times)Edward St. Aubyn's Patrick Melrose novels were some of the most celebrated works of fiction of the past decade. Ecstatic praise came from a wide range of admirers, from literary superstars such as Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Michael Chabon to pop-culture icons such as Anthony Bourdain and January Jones. Now St. Aubyn returns with a hilariously smart send-up of a certain major British literary award. The judges on the panel of the Elysian Prize for Literature must get through hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year. Meanwhile, a host of writers are desperate for Elysian attention: the brilliant writer and serial heartbreaker Katherine Burns; the lovelorn debut novelist Sam Black; and Sonny, convinced that his magnum opus, The Mulberry Elephant, will take the literary world by storm. Things go terribly wrong when Katherine's publisher accidentally submits a cookery book in place of her novel; one of the judges finds himself in the middle of a scandal; and Sonny, aghast to learn his book isn't on the short list, seeks revenge. Lost for Words is a witty, fabulously entertaining satire that cuts to the quick of some of the deepest questions about the place of art in our celebrity-obsessed culture, and asks how we can ever hope to recognize real talent when everyone has an agenda.
The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and at Last
NOW COLLECTED INTO ONE VOLUME FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL FIVE INSTALLMENTS OF EDWARD ST. AUBYN'S CELEBRATED PATRICK MELROSE NOVELS Now a Showtime TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Blythe DannerEdward St. Aubyn has penned one of the most acclaimed series of the decade with the Patrick Melrose Novels. Now you can read all five novels in one volume: Never Mind, Bad News, Mother's Milk, Some Hope, and At Last. By turns harrowing and hilarious, this ambitious novel cycle dissects the English upper class. Edward St. Aubyn offers his reader the often darkly funny and self-loathing world of privilege as we follow Patrick Melrose's story of abuse, addiction, and recovery from the age of five into early middle age. The Patrick Melrose Novels are "a memorable tour de force" (The New York Times Book Review) by one of "the most brilliant English novelists of his generation" (Alan Hollinghurst).