{"product_id":"9781035063741-bad-news","title":"Bad News","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the second novel in the series, Patrick Melrose battles with his drug addiction over a hallucinatory weekend in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I’ve loved Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, now’ - David Nicholls, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad News\u003c\/i\u003e is the second of Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic addict, Patrick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father’s ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge – desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad News\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published, along with \u003ci\u003eNever Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSome Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, as part of a three-book omnibus also called \u003ci\u003eSome Hope\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The Melrose novels are remarkable – ferociously funny, painfully acute and exhilaratingly written’ - Peter Kemp, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eliterature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41724341289057,"sku":"9781035063741","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33740816.jpg?v=1744388894","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035063741-bad-news","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}