Let's make this birthday one to remember.

75 years old (Born on February 07, 1950)

Happy Birthday, Patrick McGrath! May your celebration be delightfully gothic—complete with shadowy corners, mysterious whispers, and perhaps a cake that’s slightly unhinged. Your brilliant exploration of adultery and mental turmoil has kept readers deliciously unsettled for years; who knew dysfunction could be so captivating?

Congratulations again on winning the prestigious Premio Flaiano Prize for "Martha Peake." Clearly, your talent for crafting haunting narratives is unmatched. Here's hoping this birthday brings you fewer troubled characters knocking at your door—and more joyful madness of the celebratory kind. Cheers to another year of literary brilliance and charmingly dark humor!