At Last is the fifth and final instalment of Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick.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.
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The fifth Patrick Melrose novel in Edward St Aubyn's remarkable series.
‘This triumphant conclusion to St Aubyn’s sequence about boyhood traumas and adult tribulations fizzes with his astringent verbal flair and lethal ear for dialogue’ Peter Kemp, Sunday Times
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'.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780330435925
Publisert
2012-04-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Picador
Vekt
194 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
132 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272
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