A Clue to the Exit

Jacket Description/Flap: Charlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter of "Aliens with a Human Heart, ex-husband and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel - about death. Set on a train, it involves a group of characters locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As the train gets stuck at Didcot Junction, Charlie becomes more passionately entangled with the dangerous young woman who is his nemesis. Marc Notes: Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2000.; With only six months to live, Charlie Fairburn decides to write a novel. Whilst visiting a casino he meets a woman as addicted to gambling as he is to writing. Passionately entangled with her she becomes his nemesis as the story moves to its startling end. Biographical Note: EDWARD ST. AUBYN was born in London in 1960. He is the author of "Lost for Words," "On the Edge "and "The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, " and "Mothers Milk. "His final Patrick Melrose novel is the standalone "At Last." "Mother's Milk" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Review Citations:

Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2015 pg. 62 (EAN 9781250046031, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015 (EAN 9781250046031, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 19 (EAN 9781250046031, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 06/15/2015 (EAN 9781250046031, Paperback)

Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 27 (EAN 9781250046031, Paperback)

Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 27 (EAN 9781250046048, Other)

Contributor Bio:  St Aubyn, Edward Edward St. Aubyn was born in London in 1960. He is the author of "A Clue to the Exit "and "On the Edge"; a "s"eries of novels about the Melrose family, including the trilogy "Some Hope"; and "Mother's Milk", which was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.