Edward St Aubyn - International Authors’ Stage - The Black Diamond

Edward St Aubyn in conversation with Mikkel Bruun Zangenberg on International Authors’ Stage. 0:17 READING:“What if nobody can find me here, he thought. And then he thought, what if nobody can find me here“ 05:45 READING: Patrick reflecting on loss of the house 08:21 How people substitute one thing for another 08:52 “Patrick is obsessed with the flow of poison from generation to generation“ 09:06 The effect of Melrose’s upbringing 09:59 “Children do not do what you tell them to do, or what you do. They do what you are“ 19:27 READING: The difference between indifferent and detachment 20:03 Forgiveness is patronizing 25:01 The meaning of irony 25:16 “Irony is the hardest addiction to give up. It is the desire to be in two places at once“ 25:54 READING: Being in two places at ones 30:20 The theme of satire 33:11 St Aubyn reads a passage from Princess Margaret’s visit 43:37 Political aspects - the abuse of power