"Patrick Melrose Volume 1" includes the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's award-winning BAFTA and Emmy-nominated semi-autobiographical series, which has been adapted for television on Sky Atlantic starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic Patrick.

Benedict Cumberbatch won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 2019 for his portrayal of Patrick Melrose. The story unfolds from Provence to New York and Gloucestershire, highlighting the cruelties of a childhood with a harsh father and an alcoholic mother, leading to an adult life filled with addiction. Patrick Melrose is on a mission to escape himself, but drugs do not help him forget his past, and glamorous parties offer him no salvation . . .