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Never Mind

Edward St Aubyn

1992128 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1992
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  • 1992Heinemann · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780434734528
  • 1992Minerva · 180 pages · ENGISBN 9780749398392
  • 2012Picador USAISBN 9781447202936
  • 2012Pan MacMillanISBN 9781447227472

Now a 5-Part Limited Event Series on Showtime, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Blythe Danner Never Mind, the first installment in Edward St. Aubyn's wonderful, wry, and profound Patrick Melrose Cycle, follows five-year-old Patrick through a single day, as the Melrose family awaits the arrival of guests. Bright and imaginative, young Patrick struggles daily to contend with the searing cruelty of his father and the resignation of his embattled mother. But on this day he must endure an unprecedented horror—one that splits his world in two. In Never Mind, St. Aubyn renders this vivid tragedy with profound grace and precision, and introduces us to the unforgettable, complex figure of Patrick Melrose.

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