Edward St Aubyn
The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing and Ideas, Tuesday, February 26 at 6:15pm
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)… (more)
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)… (more)
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