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Book ID/图书代码： 00200011B45890

English Summary/英文概要： The fifth and final novel in Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical series, The Patrick Melrose Novels.

As friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends and the family gathers one last time, amidst the social niceties and the social horrors, the calms and the rapids, Patrick begins to sense a new current: the chance of some form of safety – at last.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于帕特里克.梅尔罗斯而言，“家庭”是把双刃剑。搀杂亲情与仇恨来对待自己的母亲，埃莉诺-长期致力于追求抚养的“杰作”，馈赠身边每一个人，自己的孩子除外-帕特里克意识到孤儿情节的变化不一定就是预想的自由的结果。

帕特里克家庭举办了最终的晚宴，在社会安逸和恐慌，安宁和躁动并存时期，家族的谈话会被窃听，帕特里克此刻拥有一种新的感受。宴会结束的那一刻，最终回归到一种安全的状态。

在有关描写家庭痛苦、忍受和背叛的作品中，此书最具感染力度。《最终时刻》是《梅尔罗斯系列书籍》的经典之作。它为黑色戏剧提供了前景并强化了情感表达的真实度，是部不朽制作。(PZ)

Awards/获奖情况：review/news piece in the Evening Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/prize-fighter-edward-st-aubyn-takes-revenge-on-the-literary-world-with-new-satire-9286694.html

profile in the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-disillusionist/359809/

news piece in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/28/edward-st-aubyn-literary-revenge

review in the Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/lost-for-words-by-edward-st-aubyn-book-review-this-novel-about-the-man-booker-prize-is-close-to-the-bone-9314102.html

review in the Spectator: http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9195031/biting-back

review in the Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/05adda58-ceca-11e3-8e62-00144feabdc0.html#axzz30aI2tq1I

profile in the Telegraph Magazine: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/10800965/How-writing-helped-Edward-St-Aubyn-exorcise-his-demons.html

review/news piece in the Sunday Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/10805576/A-spurned-writers-taboo-busting-riposte.html

Teddy did a very good interview on Friday on Radio 4 Front Row (about 15 mins in): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041yr90

About the Author/作者介绍： Edward St Aubyn于1960年生于伦敦。编撰了小说《通向出口的线索》以及《在边缘》和《三部曲某种希望》。而小说“Mother’s Milk”则获得2007年费米娜外国小说奖的大奖。

Edward St Aubyn was born in London in 1960. He is the author of the novels A Clue to the Exit and On the Edge, and the trilogy Some Hope. Mother’s Milk was the winner of the Prix Femina Etranger 2007.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：The sales so far for all 5 novels in the Melrose series are as follows: UK: Picador; US: Picador; Brazil: Companhia das Letras; Denmark: Gads; France: Bourgois; Germany: Piper; Holland: Prometheus; Hungary: Libri; Italy: Neri Pozza; Norway: Gyldendal; Poland: Foksal; Spain: Anagrama; Sweden: Bonniers; Turkey: Can Yayinlari

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