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Edward St Aubyn

British writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1960 · age 66

Edward St Aubyn is an English author and journalist. He is the author of eleven novels, including notably the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels. In 2006, Mother's Milk was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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2014Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse PrizeAward2011Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2007Prix Femina étrangerAward1960Born14 January 1960

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  1. Patrick imagined Kay’s father sunk in the back of the car, his eyes glazed over with exhaustion and his lungs, like torn fishing nets, trawling vainly for air.

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  2. He liked slim books which he could slip into his overcoat pocket and leave there unread for months.

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  3. Of course it was wrong to want to change people, but what else could you possibly want to do with them?

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Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize2014
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2011
Prix Femina étranger2007

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Born 1960 · age 66

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