THE THIRD PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL. Patrick Melrose cleaned-up & world-weary is a reluctant guest at a glittering party deep in the English countryside. Amid a crowd of flitting social dragonflies he finds his search for redemption & capacity for forgiveness challenged by his observation of the cruelties around him. Armed with his biting wit & a newly fashioned openness can Patrick who has been to the furthest limits of experience & back again find release from the savageries of his childhood? This title was originally published along with Never Mind & Bad News as part of a 3-book package also called Some Hope.