Best Selling Books by Edward St. Aubyn

Double Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set inLondon, Cap d''Antibes, Big Sur, and a rewilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is about the headlong pursuit of knowledge—for the purposes of pleasure, revelation, money, sanity, or survival—and the consequences of fleeing from what we know about others and ourselves. When Olivia meets a new lover just as she is welcoming her best friend, Lucy, back from New York, her dedicated academic life expands precipitously. Her connection to Francis, a committed naturalist living off the grid, is immediate and startling. Eager to involve Lucy in her joy, Olivia introduces the two—but Lucy has received shocking news of her own that binds the trio unusually close. Over the months that follow, Lucy’s boss, Hunter, Olivia’s psychoanalyst parents, and a young man named Sebastian are pulled into the friends’ orbit, and not one of them will emerge unchanged. Expansive, playful, and compassionate, Edward St. Aubyn''s Double Blind investigates themes of inheritance, determinism, freedom, consciousness, and the stories we tell about ourselves. It is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics, and neuroscience as it is about love, fear, and courage. Most of all, it is a perfect expression of the interconnections it sets out to examine, and a moving evocation of an imagined world that is deeply intelligent, often tender, curious, and very much alive.

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.

From the bestselling author of the Patrick Melrose novels, this is a thought-provoking and entertaining insight into a sniping world of literature, celebrity culture and ambition.

Now a 5-Part Limited Event Series on Showtime, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Blythe Danner In Bad News, the second installment in Edward St. Aubyn''s wonderful, wry and profound series, the Patrick Melrose Cycle, Patrick, now in his twenties, is traveling to New York to collect the ashes of his recently deceased father. Deep in the grasp of a crippling drug addiction, he spends most of his time searching for a fix, alternately suffering from withdrawals, hallucinations, and anguish over his tyrannical father''s death. Written in unflinching, breathtakingly resonant prose, St. Aubyn paints another haunting landscape of human suffering.

A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent''s disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling. His novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn''s earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, A Clue to the Exit comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn''s dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.

Some Hope marks the U.S. debut of Edward St. Aubyn, highly acclaimed in the United Kingdom as one of the most original, intelligent, and acerbically witty voices of our time. From Provence to New York to Gloucestershire, through the savageries of a childhood with a tyrannical father and an alcoholic mother, to a young adulthood fraught with dissolute behavior, we follow Patrick Melrose''s search for redemption amid a crowd of glittering social dragonflies whose vapidity is the subject of his most stinging and memorable barbs. At once hilarious and deeply moving, Some Hope -- originally published in England as three separate novels -- is a stunningly authentic depiction of a man''s journey to and from the farthest limits of the human gamut.

A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 One of The Telegraph''s Best Fiction Books 2011 One of Esquire''s Best Books of 2012 One of TIME''s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012 Here, from the writer described by The Guardian as "our purest living prose stylist" and whom Alan Hollinghurst has called "the most brilliant English novelist of his generation," is a work of glittering social comedy, profound emotional truth, and acute verbal wit. At Last is also the stunning culmination of one of the great fiction enterprises of the past two decades in the life of the English novel. As readers of Edward St. Aubyn''s extraordinary earlier works—Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and the Man Booker Prize finalist Mother''s Milk—are well aware, for Patrick Melrose, "family" has always been a double-edged sword. At Last begins as friends, relatives, and foes trickle in to pay final respects to his mother, Eleanor. An American heiress, Eleanor married into the British aristocracy, giving up the grandeur of her upbringing for "good works" freely bestowed on everyone but her own son, who finds himself questioning whether his transition to a life without parents will indeed be the liberation he had so long imagined. The service ends, and family and friends gather for a final party. Amid the social niceties and social horrors, Patrick begins to sense the prospect of release from the extremes of his childhood, and at the end of the day, alone in his room, the promise some form of safety. . . at last.

A dissection of the mores of child-rearing, marriage, adultery, and assisted suicide, this novel combines emotional pain with the comedy.

A reimagining of one of Shakespeare''s most well-read tragedies, by the contemporary, critically acclaimed master of domestic drama Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions. Now imprisoned in Meadowmeade, an upscale sanatorium in rural England, with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate? Edward St Aubyn is renowned for his masterwork, the five Melrose novels, which dissect with savage and beautiful precision the agonies of family life. His take on King Lear, Shakespeare’s most devastating family story, is an excoriating novel for and of our times – an examination of power, money and the value of forgiveness.

Sabine is the most mercurial woman Peter Thorpe has ever known. Such is his desire for her that he overturns his whole life - his disillusioned merchant-banker''s life - and leaves everything behind, not caring that his lover is of no fixed address, nor that his search for her will take him to the beating heart of New Ageism in northern California. Each of his fellow seekers is in hot pursuit of that elusive something (happiness?), and in their eccentric company Peter stumbles across vistas he had never before dared to imagine...

Sunday Times Bestseller New York Times Bestseller Finalista al Booker Prize, vincitore del Prix Fémina. «Umorismo, pathos, giudizi fulminanti, dolore, gioia e tutta la gamma di sentimenti che li separa... I romanzi di Patrick Melrose sono un capolavoro del XXI secolo, e St. Aubyn è uno dei più grandi prosatori di lingua inglese». Alice Sebold «Non c''è niente, nella narrativa di questi anni, che possa reggere il confronto con la cruda, ironica ricchezza del mondo di St Aubyn e con la densità filosofica delle sue pagine». Zadie Smith «Ho adorato i romanzi della serie dei Melrose di St Aubyn. Leggeteli tutti, seduta stante». David Nicholls «Edward St. Aubyn è uno scrittore di immenso talento». Patrick McGrath

«L’adesione al calvario di Patrick è totale, e questa coincidenza assoluta, pelle contro pelle, è possibile solo perché dietro c’è una scrittura perfetta e impassibile, che entra come un oggetto esterno nell’animo umano, come una sonda o un sottomarino negli abissi». Caterina Bonvicini, il Fatto Quotidiano «Il libro, una bomba. Anche per i molti personaggi dell’upper class inglese, che racconta senza pietà alcuna». Edoardo Vigna, Sette «Suggerisco di leggere i bellissimi 4 romanzi raccolti in uno solo da Neri Pozza col titolo I Melrose». Natalia Aspesi, il Venerdì, la Repubblica «A 53 anni Edward St Aubyn è l’autore di uno dei libri più letterari e più crudi destinati ad apparire nelle librerie italiane: quattro romanzi, che sotto l’ombrello del titolo I Melrose, elaborano in uno stile illuminato dall’intelligenza la storia autobiografica di un bambino...» Livia Manera, Corriere della Sera

Named 2025''s Most Anticipated Release by The Times, Financial Times, Harper''s BAZAAR and BBC. From the award-winning author of The Patrick Melrose novels, a hilarious and moving story about a group of wildly different characters whose fates are improbably yet inextricably linked—a novel about extinction and survival, inheritance and loss, written with St Aubyn’s trademark wit and inimitable style. It’s the summer of 2021, and Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him grappling with his fragile grip on reality and his persistent hunger to connect with the biological mother who abandoned him as a child. His therapist, Martin, is facing challenges of his own, including his adopted daughter’s tenuous relationship with her own biological mother—a predicament that makes Sebastian’s struggle feel uncannily proximate to her own. Olivia is producing a radio series on catastrophic natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life, as her best friend Lucy faces a grave diagnosis, and her husband, Francis, pursues his mission of re-wilding the world. Over the course of the next year their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, as each of their destinies is revealed in a marvelous new light. With characteristic brilliance and humour, Parallel Lines investigates themes of dualism, determinism, connection and love. St Aubyn captures the life of the spirit as vibrantly as the life of the mind, in a novel that wrestles with moral and psychic anguish and the cascading consequences of our choices at every stage of life. A thrilling, wholly captivating work from one of the most gifted writers at work today.

El jurat del Premi Literari Elisi ha de llegir centenars d''obres per tal de trobar el millor llibre de l''any. Al mateix temps, una colla d''escriptors estan desesperats per captar l''atenció d''aquest jurat: la brillant escriptora i trencacors Katherine Burns, el novel·lista debutant malalt d''amor Sam Black i en Sonny, convençut que el seu magnum opus, L''elefant morat, arrasarà el món literari com una tempesta. Ens revelarà, St Aubyn, el funcionament dels premis literaris? Com arriben, algunes obres, a ser seleccionades entre les finalistes? Quines són les motivacions per escollir la novel·la guanyadora? No tinc paraules és una sàtira enginyosa i fabulosament entretinguda que, d''una banda, va al gra quan tracta algunes de les qüestions més profundes sobre el paper de l''art en una cultura obsessionada per la celebritat, i, de l''altra, es pregunta com podem esperar reconèixer el talent real quan tothom té interessos personals. Irònicament, aquesta obra també va guanyar un premi literari.

Por quase vinte anos, o escritor Edward St. Aubyn retratou a vida de Patrick Melrose e o memorável universo de decadência, amoralidade, ganância, esnobismo e crueldade que marcam as relações e o modo de vida de uma classe social ultraprivilegiada. Como uma espécie de espelho da vida trágica do próprio escritor, os romances são um exercício literário brilhante de exorcizar seus demônios. Este primeiro volume reúne três dos cinco livros que compõem o ciclo de ficção vivamente aclamado pela crítica: Não importa, Más notícias e Alguma esperança.

Tras la espléndida saga de las novelas de Patrick Melrose, Edward St. Aubyn nos brinda una sátira hilarante sobre el mundo de los premios literarios en la más pura y británica tradición de Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse y Evelyn Waugh. Cuando el parlamentario Malcolm Craig accede a presidir el comité del premio literario Elysian lo hace motivado por intereses que nada tienen que ver con la literatura. Junto a otros cuatro jueces deberá elegir el libro del año, y utilizará cualquier artimaña para lograr imponer su criterio. Los miembros del jurado discutirán, regatearán y se engatusarán unos a otros con el único objetivo de que su favorito obtenga el galardón. Y mientras los jueces discuten, negocian y regatean, un grupo de escritores desesperados espera impaciente el veredicto. Entre ellos se encuentra un maharajá millonario que aspira al estrellato literario, un autor primerizo que sufre de mal de amores y una escritora brillante y rompecorazones profesional que, gracias a la incompetencia de su editor, puede perder la oportunidad de adquirir tan preciada gloria. Reseñas: «Una sátira rampante que demuestra el talento de St. Aubyn para la comedia; un ojo implacable para detectar las pretensiones y los autoengaños de la gente.» Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Vale la pena leer todo lo que escribe St. Aubyn por la rabia refrescante de su inteligencia y la enorme elegancia de su prosa.» The New York Times Book Review «Una sátira desopilante sobre el mundillo literario, el libro más divertido que ha escrito nunca.» The Sunday Telegraph «Los poderes de observación del autor están más afinados que nunca.» Financial Times «Pone en juego la ironía con una prosa impasible y controlada, bajo la cual se divisa la exasperación de un veterano.» Los Angeles Review of Books

A inteligência e a elegância da prosa de Edward St. Aubyn no segundo volume dos Romances de Patrick Melrose. Por quase duas décadas, Edward St. Aubyn inspirou-se na própria história para retratar a vida de Patrick Melrose e o universo da elite inglesa numa aclamada empreitada literária. Mantendo a elegância e a inteligência características do primeiro volume, esta continuação dos Romances de Patrick Melrose reúne os dois títulos que encerram a série. Em O leite da mãe, Patrick, agora casado e pai de dois meninos, teme que a relação conturbada que teve com o pai envenene o seu próprio exercício de paternidade. Ao mesmo tempo, sua esposa Mary volta-se inteiramente ao cuidado das crianças; sua mãe, Eleanor, deseja realizar um suicídio assistido; e os filhos sempre parecem entender muito mais do que deveriam. O último livro, Enfim, é ambientado no funeral de Eleanor Melrose. Enquanto encara a perda da mãe, Patrick começa a aceitar e compreender os motivos que tornaram seus pais o que foram. Sozinho em seu quarto, pode finalmente vislumbrar a perspectiva de liberdade que há tanto tempo almeja.

I fem självrannsakande romaner följer vi Patrick Melrose från barndom till vuxenliv; från övergrepp och överdoser till överlevnad. Efter faderns roll i hans liv är turen nu kommen att skärskåda modern. Edward St Aubyn har länge setts som en klassiker i hemlandet England. När de tre första delarna kom ut på svenska 2016 höjdes de till skyarna av en enig kritikerkår: ”Alldeles fantastisk; ett fantastiskt språk, en skakande historia och en humor som befriar”, sa t ex Yukiko Duke i SVT Gomorron Sverige.

Nel 2012 Edward St Aubyn pubblicò Lieto fine, l’ultimo capitolo della saga dei Melrose, e a numerosi critici apparve subito chiaro che uno scrittore di immenso talento aveva fatto il suo ingresso sulla scena letteraria internazionale. Alcuni videro nei suoi romanzi l’opera di una specie che si pensava estinta con Evelyn Waugh: l’anatomista dell’upper class. Altri colsero opportunamente nella sua scrittura, in cui la vasta gamma dei sentimenti che la anima non sfugge mai allo humour e all’ironia, «una densità filosofica» (Zadie Smith) rara nella narrativa contemporanea. Doppio cieco è, per profondità di pensiero e accuratezza dello stile, l’opera di St Aubyn più accostabile al ciclo narrativo dei Melrose. Apparentemente è un libro alla maniera di Ian McEwan – uno dei suoi personaggi minori è, non a caso, il dottor McEwan, neurochirurgo – in cui la letteratura si cimenta con i temi propri della scienza. Biochimica, botanica, immunoterapia, schizofrenia ed etica dei placebo sono, infatti, tra gli argomenti trattati. In realtα, è un’opera sulla contemporaneità e sul conflitto tra determinismo e libertà che la caratterizza. Spiccano, nella galleria dei personaggi che vi compaiono e ne fanno un romanzo corale, le figure di Olivia e Lucy, amiche sin dalla loro frequentazione di Oxford. Olivia è una biologa che si innamora di Francis, un naturalista incontrato a un convegno sulla megafauna, il quale, per conto di ricchi mecenati, si occupa di «ricreare» la spontaneità della natura. Lucy si innamora, invece, di Hunter Sterling, un capitalista megalomane e immaginifico che vuole «ricreare» l’esperienza dei mistici con il suo «casco Nirvana». Attorno a loro, un coro di figure minori, rappresentanti perfetti del caos della contemporaneità: accademici saccenti, impostori ammantati di linguaggio pseudoscientifico, schizofrenici, psicoanalisti, e sacerdoti come l’indimenticabile padre Guido, spedito a casa di Hunter dal Vaticano, incuriosito dalle sue mirabolanti invenzioni. Nell’universo tecnoscientifico dominato dalla «Medusa del determinismo» irrompe a un certo punto la fragilità della vita umana, la sua finitezza in cui solo consiste la libertà, la possibilità, ciò, di decidere e di prendersi cura dell’esistenza. «Non c’è niente, nella narrativa di questi anni, che possa reggere il confronto con la cruda, ironica ricchezza del mondo di St Aubyn e con la densità filosofica delle sue pagine». Zadie Smith «Doppio cieco vede St Aubyn spingersi in un territorio sconosciuto – scienza, ecologia e capitale di rischio». The New York Times

”Det är helt enkelt exceptionellt bra. Så skarpt att orden skär ner till hjärtat, så medryckande sorgset och samtidigt så underhållande och roligt att den här recensenten vid upprepade tillfällen störde omgivningen med att skratta högt”.[Politiken] I fem självrannsakande romaner följer vi Patrick Melroses resa från barndom till vuxenliv; från övergrepp till överdoser och sedan till överlevnad. Edward St Aubyn har hyllats av en rad författare – bland andra Zadie Smith, Jonathan Franzen, Alan Hollinghurst – och har i sin giftiga skildring av den brittiska överklassen ofta jämförts med Oscar Wilde och Evelyn Waugh. Romanerna om Patrick Melrose – ”Glöm det”, ”Dåliga nyheter” och ”Visst hopp”.