2006, ISBN: 9780330435895

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London, England: Picador, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. London, England: Picador, 2006. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Prin… Meer...

London, England: Picador, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. London, England: Picador, 2006. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 280 pages. The fourth novel in the author's "Patrick Melrose" Series. One of the finest literary achievements of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American, which was published a year later. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward St. Aubyn's "Mother's Milk". The fourth, and many critics contend, the finest, novel of his pentalogy, brilliantly observed and narrated from Patrick Melrose's young son's point-of-view. It is preceded by, in order: "Never Mind", "Bad News", "Some Hope", and concludes with "At Last". Despite approaching death, Mom Eleanor remains a piece of work until the very end. After abandoning and relegating him to her predatory husband, she decides, in the fog of Alzheimer's, to bequeath her French estate to her New Age charlatan-guru instead of her son, her logical and rightful heir. Favorably compared by critics and readers to Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh, "Mother's Milk" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, but ultimately lost (to Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss") . A satirist by temperament and therefore an acquired taste for many (if not most) readers, Edward St. Aubyn had what was probably his only chance at official recognition with "Mother's Milk". As Patrick might have said, Oh well. "Patrick Melrose" is Edward St. Aubyn. He wrote his masterpiece in a slightly earlier time (the late-20th century leading up to the first decade of the 21st) . If he were writing today, he would probably give his very thinly veiled protagonist his own name, as Karl Ove Knausgaard has done in his "My Struggle" cycle. St. Aubyn also deserves credit for insisting that literature is NOT a social event that people could carry out and discuss on social media, for example, as many aspiring writers now do, but an intense and private conversation between one intelligence (the writer) and another (the reader) . "Our purest living prose stylist" (The Guardian) . The basis of the "Patrick Melrose" television series, with a career-peak performance by Benedict Cumberbatch. An absolute "must-have" title for Edward St. Aubyn collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue fountain pen on the title page by Edward St. Aubyn. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the American Edition, which was published one year later. Copies available online have serious flaws yet are priced as though they had collectible value. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant novelists of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD ST. AUBYN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0330435892., Picador, 2006, 5<

2006, ISBN: 0330435892

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[EAN: 9780330435895], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: London, England: Picador, 2006], Jacket, 1st Printing. Signed. 280 pages. Published in 2006. The fourth novel in the author's "Patrick Melro… Meer...

[EAN: 9780330435895], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: London, England: Picador, 2006], Jacket, 1st Printing. Signed. 280 pages. Published in 2006. The fourth novel in the author's "Patrick Melrose" Series. One of the finest literary achievements of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American, which was published a year later. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward St. Aubyn's "Mother's Milk". The fourth, and many critics contend, the finest, novel of his pentalogy, brilliantly observed and narrated from Patrick Melrose's young son's point-of-view. It is preceded by, in order: "Never Mind", "Bad News", "Some Hope", and concludes with "At Last". Despite approaching death, Mom Eleanor remains a piece of work until the very end. After abandoning and relegating him to her predatory husband, she decides, in the fog of Alzheimer's, to bequeath her French estate to her New Age charlatan-guru instead of her son, her logical and rightful heir. Favorably compared by critics and readers to Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh, "Mother's Milk" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, but ultimately lost (to Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss"). A satirist by temperament and therefore an acquired taste for many (if not most) readers, Edward St. Aubyn had what was probably his only chance at official recognition with "Mother's Milk". As Patrick might have said, Oh well. "Patrick Melrose" is Edward St. Aubyn. He wrote his masterpiece in a slightly earlier time (the late-20th century leading up to the first decade of the 21st). If he were writing today, he would probably give his very thinly veiled protagonist his own name, as Karl Ove Knausgaard has done in his "My Struggle" cycle. St. Aubyn also deserves credit for insisting that literature is NOT a social event that people could carry out and discuss on social media, for example, as many aspiring writers now do, but an intense and private conversation between one intelligence (the writer) and another (the reader). "Our purest living prose stylist" (The Guardian). The basis of the "Patrick Melrose" television series, with a career-peak performance by Benedict Cumberbatch. An absolute "must-have" title for Edward St. Aubyn collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue fountain pen on the title page by Edward St. Aubyn. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the American Edition, which was published one year later. Copies available online have serious flaws yet are priced as though they had collectible value. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant novelists of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD ST. AUBYN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0330435892., Books<

2006, ISBN: 0330435892

[EAN: 9780330435895], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 2.35], [PU: Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London], EDWARD ST AUBYN MOTHER'S MILK, The novel's perspective ricochets among all me… Meer...

[EAN: 9780330435895], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 2.35], [PU: Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London], EDWARD ST AUBYN MOTHER'S MILK, The novel's perspective ricochets among all members of the Melrose family - the family featured in St. Aubyn's praised trilogy, Some Hope - starting with Robert, who provides an exceptionally droll and compelling account of being born; to Patrick, a hilariously churlish husband who has been sexually abandoned by his wife in favour of his sons; to Mary, who's consumed by her children and an overwhelming desire not to repeat the mistakes of her own mother. All the while, St. Aubyn examines the web of false promises that entangle this once-illustrious family whose last vestige of wealth - an old house in the south of France - is about to be donated by Patrick's mother to a New Age foundation. An up-to-the-minute dissection of the mores of child-rearing, marriage, adultery and assisted suicide, Mother's Milk showcases Edward St. Aubyn's luminous and acidic prose - and his masterful ability to combine the most excruciating emotional pain with the driest comedy. Absorb Mother's Milk into your and bloodstream and postnatal depression will never seem the same again . . . `A masterpiece. Edward St. Aubyn is a writer of immense gifts. His wit, his profound intelligence and his exquisite control of a story that rapidly descends to the lower depths before somehow painfully rising again - all go to distinguish the trilogy as fiction of a truly rare and extraordinary quality' Patrick McGrath on Some Hope. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2006, ISBN: 0330435892

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[EAN: 9780330435895], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Picador], Jacket, Books