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內容簡介 英國影集《梅爾羅斯》改編原著‧全球書評家票選「英國最偉大百部小說」之一‧酗酒、嗑藥、強暴：改編影集兒童不宜觀看‧班尼迪克 康柏拜區(BC)主演！！！【梅爾羅斯半自傳系列】男主角Patrick Melrose雖然生在上流社會，卻從小被冷酷變態的父親性侵、虐待。而母親也只是視而不見、沉浸在酒精之中。身心受創的Patrick，長大後也步上母親後塵，過著嗑藥、酗酒的糜爛人生。但他發現無論再怎麼逃避，回憶仍跟著他，心底那塊黑洞也永遠跟著他。他無法在傷害自己中找到救贖。於是最終，他咬牙改變一切，並努力經營一個正常家庭，存活下來。Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's 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. Patrick Melrose Volume 2 is also available, containing the final two novels in the series, Mother’s Milk and At Last.
