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Synopsis
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".
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Review
'Reminiscent of John Updike and Iris Murdoch by turns...bitingly
satirical and unfailingly entertaining' -- Daily Mail
'St Aubyn is a staggeringly good prose stylist and evidently has a
big and open heart.' -- The Times
'beautifully written..Polished yet profound, its even better than
his previous work, and that's saying something' -- The Guardian
`St Aubyn's books are so precise and crystalline...Like a finely
cut diamond, they shimmer with clarity, comedy and poignancy.' -- Mary Ann Sieghart, The Times
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2006
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0330451499
- ISBN 13 9780330451499
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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