Двойной контроль. Эдвард Сент-Обин

Double check

Author: Edward St Aubyn
Orig. title: Double Blind
Translator: Pitcher Alexandra
Publication format: 11.5 x 18 cm
Number of pages: 352
Year of publication: 2024
ISBN: 978-5-389-26187-7
Publisher: Azbuka
Soft cover
Edition language: Russian
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‘The Patrick Melrose series of novels was for me the most amazing reading experience of the last decade,’ wrote Michael Sheibon. He was echoed by such venerable writers as David Nichols ("Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose novels are a total delight from start to finish. Read by everyone, immediately!‘), Alan Hollinghurst (’Edward St Aubyn is probably the most brilliant British author of his generation‘), Alice Siebold (’Edward St Aubyn is one of our greatest stylists, and his novels about Patrick Melrose are a masterpiece of 21st century literature") and many others. Well, in the television series ‘Patrick Melrose’ the main role brilliantly performed Benedict Cumberbatch.
In his newest novel, Double Control, St Aubyn ‘tackles the most pressing issues with extraordinary ease. The book pierces and strikes to the heart, turning serious topics - neurobiology, ecology, psychoanalysis, theology, oncology and genetics - into a fascinating fireworks display of innovative ideas.... ‘In his delightful novel, St Aubyn lays bare with diamond sharpness the essence of family and love, friendship and rivalry, ambition and morality’ (Air Mail). Moving from London to France's Côte d'Azur, and from the backwoods of Sussex to California's Big Sur, St Aubyn's characters explore themes of freedom and predestination, the mysteries of life and the problems of consciousness. At the same time, Francis and Olivia are madly in love with each other, and Lucy, Olivia's old friend, is trying to build a relationship with her new boss Hunter, a virtuoso venture capitalist... ‘Henry James, who believed that the novelist's first duty was to interest the reader, would have been delighted to meet St Aubyn. 'Double Control is an emotionally compelling and intellectually mesmerising novel. I couldn't tear myself away from it’ (Ian McEwan).

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