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Spanning out over a total of five novels, the Patrick Melrose series as a whole is one complete story, looking at the dysfunctional life of its lead protagonist, as he makes sense of his troubled upbringing and existence.
Feb 26, 2019 · Internet Archive. Language. English. 857 pages ; 21 cm. Follows the life of Patrick Melrose, a member of an upper class English family, through his traumatic childhood with an abusive father, drug addiction, fatherhood, and the possible loss of his family home.
Edward 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.
Jan 1, 2012 · 4.06. 8,886 ratings1,146 reviews. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. An Atlantic Magazine Best Book of the Year. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. For more than twenty years, acclaimed author Edward St. Aubyn has chronicled the life of Patrick Melrose, painting an extraordinary portrait of the beleaguered and self-loathing world of privilege.
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Sweeping through the South of France in the ‘60s, New York in the ‘80s and Britain in the early 2000s, Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels track their protagonist’s journey from a deeply traumatic childhood, through his chaotic, drug-addicted twenties to middle age, with searing wit and deep humanity. Each episode of Patr...
Author and journalist Edward St Aubyn was born in London in 1960. His 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 and Lost for Words.
The Patrick Melrose series originally aired on Sky Atlantic and Now TV, with the first episode airing on Sunday 13th May 2018. The series is now available to watch on Now TV and Sky TV, and is available to buy on DVD.
The star-studded cast for the series is led by Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role (who is also an Executive Producer) and Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving who play Patrick Melrose’s parents in episodes two. The cast also includes Anna Madeley (The Crown), Blythe Danner (Meet the Fockers), Allison Williams (Girls), Pip Torrens (The Crown), ...
Patrick Melrose is executive produced by Michael Jackson, and Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe®-winning producer Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball, Grey Gardens). Jackson, the former Channel Four and IAC executive, recently formed the drama banner Two Cities Television. Along with Cumberbatch and Adam Ackland who executive produce for SunnyMarch, ...
Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope
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