Ehehe… at this moment I am reading the fourth of the five novels about Patrick Melrose, and soon, actually Saturday the tv-series based on all the novels, airs on Sky Atlantic.
Well as I just said, the tv-series Patrick Melrose is based on the five novels by Edward St Aubyn, and every episode is based on one novel, so episode 1 (Bad News) is based on the first novel of the same name, and so forth…
Premise:
Patrick Melrose attempts to overcome his addictions and demons done onto him by his abusive father and indifferent mother.
We follow Patrick Melrose in five episodes of his life; Childhood, to his addiction, marriage and so on.
If the novels is anything to go by, this will be quite fun to watch and Benedict Cumberbatch (who is also executive producer) is playing the leading role, so that will also be interesting to see him in something different.
Can’t wait for the series to air… I have to admit something, didn’t know the novels before seeing the news that Benedict was playing the leading role, and I thought i might have to look at the novels, so at my local bookshop I went and they had all five novels in one book. Can highly recommend the novels, if you want to laugh while reading or just want to know what the series is based on.
Just to give you a look at how the series will be:
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