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The fifth and final triumphant conclusion to St Aubyn's sequence about boyhood traumas and adult tribulations which 'fizzes with his astringent verbal flair and lethal ear for dialogue.' - Peter Kemp, Sunday Times. As friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends and the family gathers one last time, amidst the social niceties and the social horrors, the calms and the rapids, Patrick begins to sense a new current - the chance of some form of safety, at last. 'Urgent emotional intensity, brilliant social satire...' this entertaining saga reaches its conclusion in this 264 page paperback.