{"product_id":"at-last-the-final-patrick-melrose-novel-9781250023902","title":"At Last: The Final Patrick Melrose Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully wrought . . . Brutally funny and sad.\"--Vanity Fair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe fifth novel in Edward St. Aubyn's stunning cycle about his protagonist Patrick Melrose. The last four novels in the cycle are available in \u003ci\u003eThe Patrick Melrose Novels\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, from the writer described by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs readers of Edward St. Aubyn's extraordinary earlier works--\u003ci\u003eNever Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Man Booker Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eMother's Milk--\u003c\/i\u003eare well aware, for Patrick Melrose, \"family\" has always been a double-edged sword. \u003ci\u003eAt Last\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. . . \u003ci\u003eat last\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250023902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.21h x 5.56w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2013 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2014 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edward St Aubyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648503247004,"sku":"9781250023902","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3b612cd3-42e2-4434-b323-070fd5efd501.jpg?v=1603870219","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/at-last-the-final-patrick-melrose-novel-9781250023902","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}