- Title:
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Never Mind
- Series:
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Patrick Melrose #1
- Written by:
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Edward St Aubyn
- Read by:
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Alex Jennings
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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4
- Duration:
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4 hours 20 minutes
- Published:
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March 01 2015
- Available Date:
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March 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509801985
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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'St Aubyn’s prose has an easy charm that masks a ferocious, searching intellect. One of the finest writers of his generation.'
The Times
The first Patrick Melrose novel.
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 Patrick's 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.
'Humour, 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 Sebold
'From the very first lines I was completely hooked ... By turns witty, moving and an intense social comedy, I wept at the end but wouldn’t dream of giving away the totally unexpected reason.'
The Sunday Telegraph
'Clearly one of the major achievements of contemporary British fiction. Stingingly well-written and exhilaratingly funny.'
The Evening Standard