A New York Times Notable Book of 2012One of The Telegraph's Best Fiction Books 2011One of Esquire's Best Books of 2012One of TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012Here, from the writer described by The Guardian as "our purest livin...

A beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling bestCharlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a cou...