In the grip of his addictions, Patrick Melrose must fly to NewYork to collect his father's ashes. Over the course of a lostManhattan weekend, Patrick's remorseless search forsatisfaction, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent innervoices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral, including adisastrous date with the girl of his dreams. Alone in his hotelroom later that night, he pushes body and mind to the veryedge - desperate to stay one step ahead of his rapidlyencroaching past.
