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c2012., General, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: Fic Sta Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Attending the funeral of his heiress mother while struggling with memories of how she was unstintingly generous with everyone except him, Patrick Melrose overhears conversations after the service that unexpectedly prompt new feelings of optimism.
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2014., Adult, Findaway World, LLC Call No: CD Fic Sta Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: St. Aubyn returns with a send-up of a certain major British literary award. The judges on the panel of the Elysian Prize for Literature must get through hundreds of submissions to find the best book of the year. Meanwhile, a host of writers are desperate for Elysian attention: the brilliant writer and serial heartbreaker Katherine Burns; the lovelorn debut novelist Sam Black; and Bunjee, convinced that his magnum opus, The Mulberry Elephant, will take the literary world by storm. Things go terribly wrong when Katherine's publisher accidentally submits a cookery book in place of her novel; one of the judges finds himself in the middle of a scandal; and Bunjee, aghast to learn his book isn't on the short list, seeks revenge.
![Lost for words [CD] : a novel](/Library/images/~imageM7.png "Lost for words [CD] : a novel")
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2012., Picador Call No: Fic Sta Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: By turns harrowing and hilarious, these beautifully written novels dissect the English upper class as we follow Patrick Melroseœs story from child abuse to heroin addiction and recovery. Never Mind, the first novel, unfolds over a day and an evening at the familyœs chateaux in the south of France, where the sadistic and terrifying figure of David Melrose dominates the lives of his five-year-old son, Patrick, and his rich and unhappy American mother, Eleanor. From abuse to addiction, the second novel, Bad News opens as the twenty-two-year-old Patrick sets off to collect his fatherœs ashes from New York, where he will spend a drug-crazed twenty-four hours. And back in England, the third novel, Some Hope, offers a sober and clean Patrick the possibility of recovery. The fourth novel, the Booker-shortlisted Motherœs Milk, returns to the family chateau, where Patrick, now married and a father himself, struggles with child rearing, adultery, his motherœs desire for assisted suicide, and the loss of the family home to a New Age foundation. -- inside jacket.
