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Zusatztext The most brilliant British novelist writing today Informationen zum Autor Edward St Aubyn's superbly acclaimed Melrose novels are Never Mind , Bad News , Some Hope , Mother's Milk (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006) and At Last . He is also the author of the novels A Clue to the Exit , On the Edge , Lost for Words and Dunbar . Klappentext 'Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation' Alan Hollinghurst The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril, and Patrick Melrose, now a husband and father, is trying to gather together the pieces of his life. Caught up in the turmoil of broken promises, assisted suicide, adultery and - most tender and terrifying of all - fatherhood, Patrick is still a long way from salvation, but even as the family struggles against the pull of its dark past, a new generation promises new light, new hope and - perhaps - the promise of a brighter future. Deeply moving, hilarious and heartbreaking, Patrick Melrose: Volume 2 contains the final two novels in the Patrick Melrose series, Mother's Milk and At Last. 'So good - so fantastically well written, profound and humane . . . it is heartstopping' Observer 'The wit of Wilde, the lightness of Wodehouse, the waspishness of Waugh. A joy' Zadie Smith Zusammenfassung Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick. Benedict Cumberbatch awarded the BAFTA for Best Actor in 2019 for his portrayal of Patrick Melrose. The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril, and Patrick Melrose, now a husband and father, is trying to gather together the pieces of his life. Caught up in the turmoil of broken promises, assisted suicide, adultery and – most tender and terrifying of all – fatherhood, Patrick is still a long way from salvation, but even as the family struggles against the pull of its dark past, a new generation promises new light, new hope and – perhaps – the promise of a brighter future. Deeply moving, hilarious and heartbreaking, Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in the Patrick Melrose series: Mother’s Milk and At Last . Patrick Melrose Volume 1 is also available, containing the first three novels in the series, Never Mind , Bad News and Some Hope . ...
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The Melrose sequence is now clearly one of the major achievements of contemporary British fiction. Stingingly well-written and exhilaratingly funny David Sexton Evening Standard
