{"product_id":"the-patrick-melrose-novels-9781841594286","title":"The Patrick Melrose Novels","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Patrick Melrose Novels\u003c\/i\u003e hilariously dissect the English upper class, conjuring a world of decadence, amorality, greed, snobbery, and cruelty, but never without the possibility of grace. Taken together, they are one of the most thrilling reading experiences in contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward St. Aubyn chronicled the life of Patrick Melrose across five short novels, painting an acrid portrait of a beleaguered and self-loathing world of privilege. \u003ci\u003eNever Mind\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds over a day and an evening at the family's chateau in the south of France, where the sadistic and terrifying figure of David Melrose dominates the lives of his rich and unhappy American wife, Eleanor, and their five-year-old son, Patrick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad News\u003c\/i\u003e opens as Patrick, now twenty-two years old, sets off to collect his father's ashes from New York, where he will spend a drug-crazed twenty-four hours.\u003cbr\u003eBack in England, \u003ci\u003eSome Hope\u003c\/i\u003e offers Patrick the possibility of recovery (and the most debauc\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everyman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470225641815,"sku":"9781841594286","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841594286.jpg?v=1744897728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-patrick-melrose-novels-9781841594286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}