Never Mind

Zusatztext 'One of the most amazing reading experiences I've had in a decade.' Michael Chabon, LA Times 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 The bestselling Patrick Melrose Novels by Man Booker Prize shortlisted Edward St Aubyn, are acclaimed for their searing wit and their deep humanity. In this magnificent cycle we see Patrick Melrose battle to survive the savageries of his childhood and lead a self-determined life while overcoming heroin addiction, alcoholism and marital infidelity. Themes of self-destruction and self-repair, are mingled with poetic drama and razor-sharp satire in this spectacularly moving and entertaining series. Featuring the novels Never Mind , Bad News , Some Hope , Mother's Milk , and At Last, the Patrick Melrose novels are widely regarded as one of the major achievements in English fiction, with New York Times describing them as 'some of the most perceptive, elegantly written and hilarious novels of our era'.The first novel in the acclaimed Patrick Melrose series Zusammenfassung The first novel in the acclaimed Patrick Melrose series.

Commentaire

'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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Edward St Aubyn, Edward St. Aubyn
• Edition: Picador Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 30.04.2012
• EAN: 9781447202936
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-0293-6
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Thèmes: Picador; The Patrick Melrose Novels; The Patrick Melrose Novels
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Littérature contemporaine (après 1945); FICTION / Family Life / General, France, FICTION / Literary, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dysfunctional Families, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Autobiography: literary