Edward St. Aubyn

The Armchair Explorers Reading Group will meet at the Around the Corner Cafe on November 18th at 6:30 pm to discuss The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn.

If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by The Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount).

We currently have so many excited readers that this group is full. For more information about the group or to be put on the waiting list please contact ReadingGroupsNY@northshire.com.

Location: Street: Around the Corner Cafe Additional: 422 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Lost for words Edward St Aubyn (The New York Review of Books) author Edward St. Aubyn has chronicled the harrowing childhood and complicated adulthood of Patrick Melrose, painting an extraordinary—and broadly autobiographical—portrait of the beleaguered and self-loathing world of privilege, and offering a “spectacularly toxic confection” (The Village Voice) of the decadence, amorality, greed, and cruelty of the declining British aristocracy. His new novel, Lost for words, is a droll and satirical look at the place of art in our celebrity-obsessed culture. In this “laugh-out-loud sendup of literary prizes” (Kirkus), St. Aubyn asks how we can ever hope to recognize real talent when everyone has an agenda. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

City Arts and Lectures presents Edward St. Aubyn, author of Lost for words, in conversation with Steven Winn.

For more information visit: http://www.cityarts.net/

Location: Nourse Theater Street: 275 Hayes St City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Edward St Aubyn
The Wheeler Centre, 6:15PM - 7:15PM, Tuesday 26 February 2013
Edward St Aubyn’s novels are like black diamonds: dark, glittering jewels.

His dark-witted books about the misdeeds of the privileged upper classes have been compared to Evelyn Waugh and Oscar Wilde. St Aubyn was born into immense wealth and privilege; his work draws on his upbringing and ‘monstrous’ parents.

His semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels have been called ‘some of the most perceptive, elegantly written and hilarious novels of our era’. The fourth, Mother’s Milk, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Edward St Aubyn brilliantly blends savage social comedy with deeply affecting characters to create an unforgettable portrait of a man doomed by the apparent good fortune of his birth. He’ll be joined in conversation by Louise Swinn.

Presenters

Edward St Aubyn

Celebrated English novelist Edward St Aubyn has been compared to both Evelyn Waugh and Oscar Wilde. St Aubyn is the author of seven novels.

Louise Swinn

Louise Swinn is a publisher of new and emerging authors with Sleepers Publishing, looking after their critically acclaimed annual collection of short stories, The Sleepers Almanac. (rodneyvc)… (més)