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Edward St. Aubyn

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Edward St Aubyn was born in London in 1960. He was educated at Westminster school and Keble college, Oxford University. He is the author of six novels, the most recent of which, ‘Mother’s Milk’, was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, won the 2007 Prix Femina Etranger and won the 2007 South Bank Show award on literature.

His first novel, ‘Never Mind’ (1992) won the Betty Trask award. This novel, along with ‘Bad News’ (1992) and ‘Some Hope’ (1994) became a trilogy, now collectively published under the title ‘Some Hope’.

His other fiction consists of ‘On the Edge’ (1998) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and A Clue to the Exit (2000).

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Books by Edward St. Aubyn

Average rating: 3.73 · 1,278 ratings · 242 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Mother's Milk 3.44 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Some Hope: A Trilogy 3.91 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Patrick Melrose Novels 3.99 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	At Last 3.87 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Never Mind (Patrick Melrose Novels #1) 3.95 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bad News 3.71 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Some Hope (Patrick Melrose Novels #3) 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Schöne Verhältnisse 3.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Clue to the Exit 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	On the Edge 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right. ”
― Edward St. Aubyn, Some Hope: A Trilogy

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