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The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last (The Patrick Melrose Novels) Paperback – Unabridged, May 5, 2015

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NOW COLLECTED INTO ONE VOLUME FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL FIVE INSTALLMENTS OF EDWARD ST. AUBYN'S CELEBRATED PATRICK MELROSE NOVELS

Soon to be a Showtime TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Blythe Danner

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. 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).

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“Stunning, sparkling fiction . . . Unforgettable.” ―The Wall Street Journal

“One of the most amazing reading experiences I've had in a decade.” ―Michael Chabon, Los Angeles Times

“One of the best fictional cycles in contemporary fiction.” ―The Boston Globe

About the Author

EDWARD ST. AUBYN lives in London with his two children. He is the author of The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mothers Milk, and At Last. Mother's Milk was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2006.

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Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Paperback : 880 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250069602
ISBN-13 : 978-1250069603
Product Dimensions : 5.63 x 1.64 x 8.29 inches
Publisher : Picador; Unabridged Edition (May 5, 2015)
Language: : English

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Witty, elegant, and savage - also, stay away from online reviews/interviews, as they will contain spoilers.

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2018

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One of the most beautiful, incandescent prose stylists writing in English today. The social satire is on par with vintage Jane Austen or Ian McEwan, while the precise imagery recalls the writing style of DH Lawrence, Stephan Crane, and others.

The strongest and most shocking of these 5 novels is probably the first (though it was the fourth that received the Man Booker nomination). Those who have not read these books are HIGHLY encouraged to avoid reading any online reviews or author bios/interviews until they've finished, unless they want to come across some major spoilers.

Witty, elegant, and savage, this series of novels (more like novellas, actually) constitutes one of the best reading experiences I've had in years.

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which is wonderful, I would like to say what a very ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2018

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Without addressing the content, which is wonderful, I would like to say what a very nice book this is physically. It is a very relaxed and supple volume printed on thin, but excellent, deckled paper, thick enough you don’t see print on the other side, great typeface and a strong binding that allows the reader to actually fold the book so as to read just one, rather than two pages. Really much more than I expected.

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Norma Hayes

The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019

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I bought this book because Benedict Cumberbatch was making a series for television and he said he'd read the books in the past and they were great. I didn't have the same experience. While the man had horrible and prolonged experiences with his father in his childhood (which I know effects people their whole lives), I still I thought he wallowed in self pity and used it as an excuse to be a wastrel instead of getting help and trying not to let it ruin his life. These events occurred before people talked about such things in public, but still after reading a couple of the books (they are all short, a continuing story), I found him pathetic and distasteful. I finished them all to see what happened, but donated the book to the library rather than keep it for my collection. I tried to watch Benedict C.'s series, but seeing it brought to life by this great actor, only made my repulsion to all the characters in the book more so and I only watched one episode. In all, I could have missed the whole experience.

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Stanley Kustesky

96% 5 and 4 star reviews. REALLY???

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2018

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I read St. Aubyn's recent book in the Hogarth Shakespear series (Dunbar - a modern retelling of King Lear) and was blown away by its sheer brilliance of language and imagery. I decided to read more of his work and gravitated to this five-in-one volume based upon all the sterling reviews. Well, I am not one of those. I made it through one, two, and most of three and have thrown in the towel. I find them neither satirical nor particularly humorous. Only the British know how to write about a group of detestable, dislikeable, and disagreeable characters and have readers call it genius. I think of British mysteries in particular where you would imagine every character in them quickly dispatched (for the attributes cited). I do not find drug use amusing, even though Aubyn might have given us a great portrait of a user. I guess the satire is that he uses more drugs in one day than 20 people combined and continues to function reasonably well, all things considered. I am just giving up on it. Maybe it's the wrong book for me at the wrong time; then again maybe it's just the wrong book. for me, period. Not every author satisfies every reader.

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Deannanel

A whirlwind

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

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These are five short novels that are semi autobiographical. The story is wrenching; the writing if fabulous. These are not for the feint hearted because the story is very emotional. It is an important story to tell and it is told with grace and intelligence. The writing is reminiscent of Ian McEwan's.

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P. L. Lambert

out-of-print original novels revived in a modern collection, yay!

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2019

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Well, England sent over to us the dramatization of these five novels, combined into a stunning mini-series with Cumberbach, and I rushed to our very good bookstore to read the books. As standalone books, all but a couple are out of print or unavailable in the US. So it's wonderful that somebody was clever enough to reprint them in time for the mini-series release. An eye-popping, gorgeously written account of the authors' life, fictionalized. This is not your run-of-the-mill broken family memoir we seem to see so much of these days. This is deep, sparse, a keeper. In a way it reminds me of A Passage to India that has the same unspoken events and beautiful literary paths.

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Christopher Boddington

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2016

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As funny as PG Wodehouse, as acid as Nancy Mitford.

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Aubyn is a wonderful writer and brings beauty and insight to the difficult ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2015

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I was totally captivated by this series of novels. St. Aubyn is a wonderful writer and brings beauty and insight to the difficult and painful experiences of his characters' lives.

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Beautifully written, compelling reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2018

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I bought this after listening to Edward St Aubyn interviewed on a Radio 4 book programme. I was captivated by his voice and his slow, carefully chosen words - he reminded me initially of Will Self but without the rather self-conscious cynicism, and with a great deal more self-deprecating charm. But I became even more interested when I realised that these novels are semi-autobiographical, and describe (thinly disguised) the author's struggle to come to terms with being sexually abused by his father at the age of 5, growing up in an elite world in which he could not talk about this, taking refuge in heroin and then psychotherapy. It is a very courageous journey from the damage caused to an intelligent and sensitive child by a sadistic father, to finally realising as an adult that his self-destructive drug use and suicidal feelings could be (somewhat) purged through bringing his own darkness up to the light, and telling his story. His fear of revealing the truth of what had been done to him to people who knew him (and to people who didn't) is so typical of children who carry a heavy sense of shame as a result of their hidden abuse.
As he says himself, he did not want to write one of those "Why Daddy, Why" type of abuse stories that litter supermarket bookshelves. There is no self-pity here - but there is anger at those who failed to protect him, and a savagely ironic pillorying of those around him who live shallow, superficial and inauthentic lives. Edward St Aubyn is a survivor who writes the most beautifully crafted and evocative prose, liberally sprinkled with wonderfully funny black humour.
I absolutely loved these novels and felt they were one of the best things I had read in the last 20 years. For those who don't flinch at the mention of emotional or sexual abuse, and who enjoy the emotional complexities of intelligent human beings, I cannot recommend these novels enough.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2016

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Marvelous!

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Carlos

Estupenda obra

Reviewed in Mexico on October 1, 2018

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Adquirí esta recopilación como regalo para mi hijo, ya que juntos vimos la adaptación donde Benedict Cumberbatch interpreta al personaje del título, y es de lo mejor que he visto. Obviamente las novelas no se quedan atrás, yo recomiendo mucho este volumen.

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Mrs Claire E McAlinden

Poor quality print

Reviewed in Australia on October 15, 2018

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I bought this book after watching the amazing TV series. This review isn't about the story but about the quality of the book itself. This is a low quality edition. The binding is poor and almost coming undone already and I only received it today. The paper is rough and the page cutting is uneven. I am quite disappointed. It won't change the story but the joy of turning pages is not going to be there for this edition.

Nelle

Really wanted to love it. Story nor characters did anything for me

Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2015

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Really wanted to love it. Neither story nor characters did anything for me. I found it coarse and frankly a little boring. I really need to be more careful when picking up a book/author I'm not familiar with. Probably should have gotten one of the "Patrick Melrose" novels from the library first.

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