The Culture Show: Edward St Aubyn - At Last?

Taal: nld
Categorie: Kunst & Cultuur

Documentary featuring writer Edward St Aubyn as he releases his new book, Lost for Words. When St Aubyn summoned the courage to write the fictionalized version of his unbearable childhood and describe the horrific abuse he suffered at the hands of cruel and neglectful aristocratic parents, he not only broke a taboo, but he also pulled off a rare act of literary alchemy. He turned the grim material of his life - rape, drug addiction and the ever-present pull of suicide - into a series of books...