ART & DESIGN

Feb 7: At Last

Edward St. Aubyn’s final novel about Patrick Melrose.

by Maura Egan

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At Last (Farrar, Straus And Giroux) is Edward St. Aubyn’s final novel about Patrick Melrose, a privileged Englishman whose family history—abuse, addiction—feels more Hunter Thompson than Evelyn Waugh. St. Aubyn’s humor and elegance transform harrowing subject matter into irresistible prose.