Patrick Melrose Novels – serie
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Mother's Milk
E-bok
Engelska, 2011188 kr
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Shortlisted for the 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, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Del 5 - Patrick Melrose Novels
At Last
E-bok
Engelska, 2011188 kr
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‘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, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Del 1 - Patrick Melrose Novels
Never Mind
E-bok
Engelska, 2012171 kr
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Winner of the Betty Trask Award, Never Mind is the first in Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick.At 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.
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Bad News
E-bok
Engelska, 2012188 kr
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‘I’ve loved Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, now’ - David Nicholls, author of One DayBad 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 TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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Some Hope
E-bok
Engelska, 2012188 kr
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‘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.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.