{"product_id":"9781035063741","title":"Bad News by Edward St Aubyn","description":"`I've loved Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, now' - David Nicholls, author of One DayBad News 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.   Twenty-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.   Bad News was originally published, along with Never Mind and Some Hope, as part of a three-book omnibus also called Some Hope.   `The Melrose novels are remarkable - ferociously funny, painfully acute and exhilaratingly written' - Peter Kemp, Sunday TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55205851562357,"sku":"9781035063741","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035063741.jpg?v=1743174335","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035063741","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}