There is Some Hope in this third book of the Melrose series: Patrick is off drugs, so is his friend Johnny Hall, and old George Watford's sincerity acts as a disinfectant to all the upper-crust rot. "One really has to try to make a contribution," Watford says. For Patrick, the trick is to "stop being a child without using the cheap disguise of becoming a parent." A party set-piece featuring a withering and nasty Princess Margaret provides the laughs.
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