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Jun 09, 2025
Acclaimed novelist Edward St. Aubyn — author of the Patrick Melrose novels, adapted into an award-winning series starring Benedict Cumberbatch — joins us for the launch of his eagerly-awaited new novel, Parallel Lines, in conversation with The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik.
Weaving together the stories of a group of wildly divergent characters whose fates are inextricably linked — a man seeking his biological mother, a therapist navigating his adopted daughter's questions about identity, a radio producer documenting environmental collapse in the face of personal catastrophe — Parallel Lines is an utterly captivating, mordantly funny tapestry of interconnected lives from one of the most gifted writers at work today.
In a special conversation with The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik and a celebration of the book’s launch, hear St. Aubyn discuss his remarkable career and the new novel — a profound exploration of fate, morality, and the cascading consequences of our choices at every stage of our lives.
“An elegantly arch but empathetic excursion into impending apocalypse, and some of St. Aubyn’s best work yet.” — Kirkus (starred review)
“[Parallel Lines] is a novel rich in characters and perspectives … It doesn’t disappoint.” — Evening Standard
“A novel brimming with wordplay … St. Aubyn is at his best in comic set pieces, which recall the brilliance of the Patrick Melrose quintet.” — Financial Times
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