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<p>One of <em>The Telegraph</em>’s Best Fiction Books 2011</p><p>Here, from the writer described by <em>The Guardian</em> 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. <em>At Last</em> is also the stunning culmination of one of the great fiction enterprises of the past two decades in the life of the English novel. </p><p>As readers of Edward St. Aubyn's extraordinary earlier works—<em>Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, </em>and the Man Booker Prize finalist <em>Mother's Milk—</em>are well aware, for Patrick Melrose, “family” has always been a double-edged sword. <em>At Last</em> begins as friends, relatives, and foes trickle in to pay final respects to his mother, Eleanor. An Americam 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. <br /></p><p>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. . . <em>at last</em>. <br /></p>From Booklist<p>With this title, St. Aubyn caps his five-volume cycle of Melrose novels. Patrick Melrose, introduced as a five-year-old in Never Mind (originally published in Great Britain in 1992), is now a middle-aged divorced alcoholic barrister living in a bedsit. As in the previous books, events in At Last take place over the course of a single day; in this case, the day of Patrick’s mother’s funeral. Despite his loss and his reduced circumstances, and having survived a past marked by abuse and drug addiction, Patrick has “at last” found a measure of peace. With lacerating humor and razor-sharp imagery, St. Aubyn continues to work out his themes: the follies of the British upper class, “the psychological impact of inherited wealth,” the complex dynamics between parent and child. Picador has also brought out the four other Patrick Melrose novels (Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother’s Milk, in addition to At Last) in a single volume, a great favor to American readers. --Mary Ellen Quinn </p>From Bookforum<p><em>At Last</em> is still a terrific comedy of manners, and St. Aubyn's writing is as elegant and bright as always, but his leading man has become a bit tiresome. —Eric Banks </p></br></br>

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Author:Edward St. Aubyn [Aubyn, Edward St.]
Publication Year:2012
ISBN:374298890
Language:other
File Size:0.252
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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