On the Edge
A Novel
by Edward St. Aubyn
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Pub Date Oct 14 2014 | Archive Date Oct 13 2014
Macmillan-Picador | Picador
Description
FROM THE MAN BOOKER–SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE PATRICK MELROSE NOVELS
Called "the most brilliant novelist of his generation" (Alan Hollinghurst), Edward St. Aubyn captivated and astonished readers and critics alike with his mesmerizing quintet, the Patrick Melrose novels. Its publication introduced one of the most complex and fascinating protagonists in modern fiction.
Now being published for the first time in America, On the Edge is an uproarious and sharply rendered satire of the New Age, which shows St. Aubyn at his finest.
Peter Thorpe is disillusioned with his conventional life as a merchant banker until he meets Sabine, the most enchanting and enigmatic woman he's ever encountered. His desire for her reaches such a pitch that he overturns his whole life, leaving everything behind to follow her into the stronghold of the New Age movement among the stunning peaks and valleys of Big Sur, California. There he meets an eccentric cast of spiritual seekers, joining them in pursuit of that elusive something (happiness?), which he never before dared to imagine possible.
Advance Praise
Praise for On the Edge:
“A scintillating, serious comedy by a brilliant novelist.”—Francis Wyndham, The Sunday Telegraph (London)
“An intellectually informed, richly insightful, and vigorously funny take on the modern condition.”—The Sunday Times (London)
Praise for Edward St. Aubyn:
“Like Waugh, St. Aubyn writes with exquisite control and a brilliant comic touch.”—The Boston Globe
“St. Aubyn writes sentences that are so beautiful it almost hurts to read them.”—Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250046017 |
| PRICE | $16.00 (USD) |
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