lsquoIrsquove loved Edward St Aubynrsquos Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, nowrsquo David Nicholls, author of One DayBad News is the second of Edward St Aubynrsquos semiautobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic addict, Patrick.Twentytwo years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his fatherrsquos ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrickrsquos 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 ndash 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 threebook omnibus also called Some Hope.lsquoThe Melrose novels are remarkable ndash ferociously funny, painfully acute and exhilaratingly writtenrsquo Peter Kemp, Sunday TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 300 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.