Never Mind: Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation by Edw

Description: Never Mind by Edward St Aubyn The first novel in the acclaimed Patrick Melrose series. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first of the Melrose novels. In the deep south of France, Patrick Melrose has the run of his parents house and magical garden, and the company of his vivid imagination. Yet his tyrannical father rules this world with considered cruelty, while his mother makes her escape into alcoholism. The life of the house is intense and unpredictable, and never more so than on this particular day. David and Eleanor are to host a dinner party, and the shocking events that precede the guests arrival will shape the rest of Patricks life. Never Mind is the first of the Melrose novels. Moving between heartbreak and devastating wit, it explores the damaging reach of parenthood and introduces an unforgettable cast of characters. Author Biography Edward St Aubyn was born in London in 1960. His superbly acclaimed Melrose novels are Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope (previously published collectively as the Some Hope trilogy), Mothers Milk (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006) and At Last. He is also the author of the novels A Clue to the Exit and On the Edge. Review The Melrose sequence is now clearly one of the major achievements of contemporary British fiction. Stingingly well-written and exhilaratingly funny David Sexton, Evening StandardPerhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation Alan HollinghurstSt Aubyn puts an entire family under a microscope, laying bare all its painful, unavoidable complexities. At once epic and intimate, appalling and comic, the novels are masterpieces, each and every one Maggie OFarrellSt Aubyns prose has an easy charm that masks a ferocious, searching intellect. One of the finest writers of his generation The TimesNothing about the plots can prepare you for the rich, acerbic comedy of St Aubyns world – or more surprising – its philosophical density Zadie Smith, HarpersHumor, pathos, razor-sharp judgement, pain, joy and everything in between. The Melrose novels are a masterwork for the 21st century, by one of our greatest prose stylists Alice SeboldFrom the very first lines I was completely hooked . . . By turns witty, moving and an intense social comedy, I wept at the end but wouldnt dream of giving away the totally unexpected reason Antonia Fraser, Sunday TelegraphBlackly comic, superbly written fiction . . . His style is crisp and light; his similes exhilarating in their accuracy . . . St Aubyn writes with luminous tenderness of Patricks love for his sons Caroline Moore, Sunday TelegraphIve loved Edward St Aubyns Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, now David NichollsWonderful caustic wit . . . Perhaps the very sprightliness of the prose – its lapidary concision and moral certitude – represents the cure for which the characters yearn. So much good writing is in itself a form of health Edmund White, GuardianClearly one of the major achievements of contemporary British fiction. Stingingly well-written and exhilaratingly funny David Sexton, Evening StandardBeautifully written, excruciatingly funny and also very tragic Mariella Frostrup, Sky MagazineThe act of investigative self-repair has all along been the underlying project of these extraordinary novels. It is the source of their urgent emotional intensity, and the determining principle of their construction. For all their brilliant social satire, they are closer to the tight, ritualistic poetic drama of another era than the expansive comic fiction of our own . . . A terrifying, spectacularly entertaining saga James Lasdun, GuardianHis prose has an easy charm that masks a ferocious, searching intellect. As a sketcher of character, his wit — whether turned against pointless members of the aristocracy or hopeless crack dealers — is ticklingly wicked. As an analyser of broken minds and tired hearts he is as energetic, careful and creative as the perfect shrink. And when it comes to spinning a good yarn, whether over the grand scale or within a single page of anecdote, he has a natural talent for keeping you on the edge of your seat Melissa Katsoulis, The TimesThe Patrick Melrose novels can be read as the navigational charts of a mariner desperate not to end up in the wretched harbor from which he embarked on a voyage that has led in and out of heroin addiction, alcoholism, marital infidelity and a range of behaviors for which the term self-destructive is the mildest of euphemisms. Some of the most perceptive, elegantly written and hilarious novels of our era. . . Remarkable Francine Prose, New York Times St Aubyn conveys the chaos of emotion, the confusion of heightened sensation, and the daunting contradictions of intellectual endeavour with a force and subtlety that have an exhilarating, almost therapeutic effect Francis Wyndham, New York Review of BooksA masterpiece. Edward St Aubyn is a writer of immense gifts Patrick McGrathIrony courses through these pages like adrenaline . . . Patricks intelligence processes his predicaments into elegant, lucid, dispassionate, near-aphoristic formulations . . . Brimming with witty flair, sardonic perceptiveness and literary finesse Peter Kemp, Sunday TimesA humane meditation on lives blighted by the sins of the previous generation. St Aubyn remains among the cream of British novelists Sunday TimesThe main joy of a St Aubyn novel is the exquisite clarity of his prose, the almost uncanny sense he gives that, in language as in mathematical formulae, precision and beauty invariably point to truth . . . Characters in St Aubyn novels are hyper-articulate, and the witty dialogue is here, as ever, one of the chief joys Suzi Feay, Financial TimesOne of the most amazing reading experiences Ive had in a decade. Michael Chabon, LA Times Promotional THE FIRST PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL Prizes Winner of Betty Trask Award 1992 (UK) Review Quote (previous edition) 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 Review Quote Wonderful caustic wit . . . Perhaps the very sprightliness of the prose its lapidary concision and moral certitude represents the cure for which the characters yearn. So much good writing is in itself a form of health Edmund White, Guardian Promotional "Headline" The first novel in the acclaimed Patrick Melrose series. Details ISBN1447202937 Author Edward St Aubyn Year 2012 ISBN-10 1447202937 ISBN-13 9781447202936 Media Book Publisher Pan Macmillan Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Short Title NEVER MIND EDWARD ST AUBYN Language English Subtitle Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation Series The Patrick Melrose Novels Pages 208 Audience Age 18 Edition Main Market Ed. Publication Date 2012-04-12 UK Release Date 2012-04-12 Format Paperback Audience General AU Release Date 2012-06-30 NZ Release Date 2012-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44116855;

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