“The Patrick Melrose series has been the most amazing reading experience of the last decade for me,” wrote Michael Chabon. He was echoed by such venerable writers as David Nichols (“Edward St. Aubyn’s novels about Patrick Melrose are a complete delight from beginning to end. Read by everyone, immediately!”), Alan Hollinghurst (“Edward St. Aubyn is probably the most brilliant British author of his generation"), Alice Sebold (“Edward St. Aubyn is one of our greatest stylists, and his novels about Patrick Melrose are a masterpiece of 21st century literature”) and many others. Well, in the television series “Patrick Melrose” the main role was brilliantly played by Benedict Cumberbatch. In his newest novel “Double Control”, St. Aubyn “touches on the most pressing issues with extraordinary ease. The book pierces and amazes to the core, turning serious topics - neuroscience, ecology, psychoanalysis, theology, oncology and genetics into a fascinating fireworks display of innovative ideas... In his delightful novel, St. Aubyn reveals with diamond sharpness the essence of family and love, friendship and rivalry, ambition and morality" (Air Mail). Moving from London to the French Côte d'Azur, and from the wilds of Sussex to California's Big Sur, St. Aubyn's characters explore themes of freedom and predestination, the mysteries of life and problems of consciousness. At the same time, Frances and Olivia are madly in love with each other, and Lucy, Olivia's old friend, is trying to build a relationship with her new boss Hunter, a virtuoso of venture capital investments... “Henry James, who believed that the first thing a novelist must interest the reader, would be happy to meet with St. Aubyn. Double Indemnity is an emotionally compelling and intellectually captivating novel. I couldn’t tear myself away from him” (Ian McEwan). For the first time in Russian!