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Some Hope
by Edward St. Aubyn
“But then neither revenge nor forgiveness change what happened. They’re sideshows, of which forgiveness is the less attractive because it represents a collaboration with one’s persecutors. I don’t suppose that forgiveness was uppermost in the minds of people who were being nailed to a cross until Jesus, if not the first man with a Christ complex still the most successful, wafted onto the scene. Presumably those who enjoyed inflicting cruelty could hardly believe their luck and set about popularizing the superstition that their victims could only achieve peace of mind by forgiving them.”
Patrick is free of drugs. He doesn't even drink alcohol anymore. His best friend Johnny is narcotics anonymous, Patrick doesn't go, lest he would be pressured into telling about being abused by his father. In this book he is going to a party. The narrator switches between several of the attending guest's point of view. There are plenty of opportunities for glaring and acerbic socially commentary. It's mean, funny and astute.
I read somewhere else on that Edwards St Aubyn wanted to tell the truth in this book. He does. He goes straight for the jugular and leaves you gasping for breath, because you're not used to hearing the unvarnished truth. Everything is so politically correct these days.
Patrick is free of drugs. He doesn't even drink alcohol anymore. His best friend Johnny is narcotics anonymous, Patrick doesn't go, lest he would be pressured into telling about being abused by his father. In this book he is going to a party. The narrator switches between several of the attending guest's point of view. There are plenty of opportunities for glaring and acerbic socially commentary. It's mean, funny and astute.
I read somewhere else on that Edwards St Aubyn wanted to tell the truth in this book. He does. He goes straight for the jugular and leaves you gasping for breath, because you're not used to hearing the unvarnished truth. Everything is so politically correct these days.