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The Betty Trask Award-winning work, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is the original novel of the hit TV series - an anti-heroic epic of a prodigal son, the haunting childhood shadow, and the costly road to self-rescue. In a manor in the south of France, a summer dinner is about to begin. But for five-year-old Patrick Melrose, this was the beginning of his encounter with the vagaries of adult life. His father was cruel and harsh, like a tyrant in the family, and his mother was addicted to drugs and drank to drown her sorrows. This afternoon is destined to be different from the past, and the events leading up to the guests' arrival tear Patrick's world in two.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the original novel of the popular drama - an anti-heroic epic about a prodigal son, the haunting childhood shadow, and the costly road to self-rescue. As he grew older, Patrick Melrose became increasingly world-weary. He dressed up and reluctantly went to a drinking party in the English countryside. Among a group of social veterans, he observed the cruel words and deeds of the people around him and struggled to find the path to redemption and forgiveness. Patrick, who is full of wisdom, sharpness and willfulness, returns to life after experiencing extreme experiences. Can he get rid of the haze of childhood?

The winner of the Femina Foreign Fiction Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the original novel of the hit TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch is an anti-heroic epic about a prodigal son, the haunting childhood shadow, and the costly road to self-rescue. The Melrose family is in danger. Disillusioned prospects, childcare responsibilities, adultery, and suicide enveloped Patrick's life. He discovers that the burdens of motherhood are weighing on his wife, Mary, his mother has become a slave to a New Age foundation, and his young son, Robert, knows far more than he should. But even as this family struggles with the lingering past, the emergence of a new generation of members still breeds new warmth and brings the possibility of a turnaround.