Mother's Milk [Paperback]

'The mix of well-structured story, waspish wit and extraordinary
style is truly dazzling.'

'Mother's Milk is, put simply, brilliant...quite unforgettable.'

Reminiscent of John Updike and Iris Murdoch by turns...bitingly satirical and unfailingly entertaining. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘I won’t be surprised to find Mother’s Milk by Edward St Aubyn on this year’s Booker shortlist...compelling' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'In the long-awaited Mother’s Milk, we catch up with the unforgettable hero of his trilogy Some Hope’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘A witty, perceptive and complex family portrait...Mother’s Milk showcases St Aubyn’s luminous and acidic prose' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘Pack [Mother’s Milk] with Some Hope. … A brilliantly well-written novel which resonates for a long time’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'The Inheritance of Loss... was not the book I loved the best.
That was ...Mother's Milk' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

`St Aubyn's books are so precise and crystalline...Like a finely
cut diamond, they shimmer with clarity, comedy and poignancy.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Mother's Milk was like gin to me, and tonic too, and he should
have won the Man Booker.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2006 WINNER OF THE 2006 SOUTH BANK LITERATURE AWARD The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife consumed by motherhood, his mother consumed by a New Age foundation, and his five-year-old son Robert understanding far more than he ought. Showcasing Edward St Aubyn’s ability to combine the most excruciating emotional pain with the driest comedy, Mother's Milk is a dazzling exploration of the troubled allegiances between parents and children, husbands and wives. Acerbically witty, disarmingly tender, it goes to the core of a family trapped in the remains of its ever-present past. 'So good - so fantastically well-written, profound and humane . . . it is heart-stopping' Observer 'The bravura quality of St Aubyn's performance is irresistible' Sunday Telegraph 'Wonderful caustic wit . . . Polished yet profound, it’s even better than his previous work, and that’s saying something’ Guardian 'Mother's Milk has the cerebral excitement and piercing funniness of St Aubyn at his brilliant best' Tatler

Winner of the South Bank Show Literature Award

Edward St. Aubyn was born in London in 1960. He is the author of the novels A Clue to the Exit and On the Edge, and the trilogy Some Hope.