About the book: Picked out as a Guardian, Financial Times and Sunday Times 'Book to look out for 2025', Edward St. Aubyn's new novel meditates on the alienation and isolation of the twenty-first century with the same incisive voice that propelled him to fame with the Patrick Melrose novels. We meet a diverse cast of characters all struggling with isolation in today's world. The title parallel lines are their lives, ever running but never connecting. 

About the author: Edward St Aubyn (born 1960) is an English author and journalist. He is the author of ten novels, including notably the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels. In 2006, Mother's Milk was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.