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7+ YearsPublisher | Pan MacMillan |
ISBN 13 | 9781447202936 |
ISBN 10 | 1447202937 |
Book Description | Winner of the betty trask award, never mind is the first in edward st aubyn's semi-autobiographical patrick melrose novels, adapted for tv for sky atlantic and starring benedict cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, patrick. At his mother's family house in the south of france, patrick melrose has the run of a magical garden. Bravely imaginative and self-sufficient, five-year-old patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults with care. His father, david, rules with considered cruelty, and eleanor, his mother, has retreated into drink. They are expecting guests for dinner. But this afternoon is unlike the chain of summer days before, and the shocking events that precede the guests' arrival tear patrick's world in two. Never mind was originally published, along with bad news and some hope, as part of a three book omnibus , also called some hope. |
Editorial 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 Standard |
About the Author | 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. |
Language | English |
Author | Edward St. Aubyn |
Publication Date | 20 Jun 2012 |
Number of Pages | 208 |
Never Mind paperback english - 20 Jun 2012