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Some Hope: A Trilogy (1992)

von Edward St. Aubyn

Reihen: Patrick Melrose (1-3)

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Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.Moving from Provence to New York to Gloucestershire, from the savageries of a childhood with a cruel father and an alcoholic mother to an adulthood fraught with addiction, Patrick Melrose is on a mission to escape himself.But the drugs don't make him forget his past, and the glittering parties offer him no redemption ...Searingly funny and deeply humane, Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in the Patrick Melrose series, Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope.… (mehr)
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Noped out at the rape scene.
Should have done it a couple of minutes earlier, at the beating, but unfortunately I persevered. My mistake.

Amazing how almost all reviews and summaries use euphemisms like 'cruel father' or 'abusive father' instead of calling him what he really is, a pedophile and a child rapist.

My mistake, again, for not reading beforehand the author's biography.

I have enormous respect for the author for overcoming the horrendous things that happened to him in his childhood; but I am obviously not an intellectual enough to read satire about children being raped by their fathers as an entertainment. ( )
  alissee | Dec 8, 2021 |
I really shouldn't enjoy these novels. All the characters are vacuous bastards whose thin veneer of polished manners hide a vile nest of hatred, bigotry, and judgement.

And yet I can't look away. The characters fascinate me. The situations are entertaining as hell, and the narrative style is wonderful.

I love these books. And it's nice to see some of the stuff from book one paying off in this third volume. ( )
  TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 |
Scathing (and very funny) analysis of the shallow nature of upper class society, told through many points of view. Every character is caught up in their own bubble of existence and Patrick is beginning to gain some awareness of what constitutes his own. In these later passages, we are afforded a glimpse into his nascent compassion, and his growing ambivalence to his own irony. Brilliant book. ( )
  Elizabeth_Foster | Dec 24, 2019 |
I can't say I enjoyed these, as I felt repulsed by virtually every character, but felt compelled to carry on reading. Won't read the rest of the series though. ( )
  mlfhlibrarian | Jul 26, 2018 |
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This LT Work is Edward St. Aubyn's complete trilogy, "The Patrick Melrose Trilogy," a/k/a "Some Hope: A Trilogy." The Trilogy includes volume 1, Never Mind (1992); volume 2, Bad News (1992); and volume 3, also titled Some Hope (1994). Please distinguish between this complete trilogy and the single novel that is volume 3. Thank you.
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Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.Moving from Provence to New York to Gloucestershire, from the savageries of a childhood with a cruel father and an alcoholic mother to an adulthood fraught with addiction, Patrick Melrose is on a mission to escape himself.But the drugs don't make him forget his past, and the glittering parties offer him no redemption ...Searingly funny and deeply humane, Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in the Patrick Melrose series, Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope.

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