French exit: a tragedy of manners
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"From bestselling author Patrick deWitt, a brilliant and darkly comic novel about a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York for Paris in the wake of scandal and financial disintegration. Frances Price - tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then there's the Price's aging cat, Small Frank, who Frances believes houses the spirit of her late husband, an infamously immoral litigator and world-class cad whose gruesome tabloid death rendered Frances and Malcolm social outcasts. Putting penury and pariahdom behind them, the family decides to cut their losses and head for the exit. One ocean voyage later, the curious trio land in their beloved Paris, the City of Light serving as a backdrop not for love or romance, but self destruction and economical ruin - to riotous effect. A number of singular characters serve to round out the cast: a bashful private investigator, an aimless psychic proposing a seance, a doctor who makes house calls with his wine merchant in tow, and the inimitable Mme. Reynard, aggressive houseguest and dementedly friendly American expat. Brimming with pathos and wit, French Exit is a one-of-a-kind 'tragedy of manners,' a riotous send-up of high society, as well as a moving mother/son caper which only Patrick deWitt could conceive and execute"--
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Adult children living with parents
Adult children living with parents -- Fiction
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy -- Fiction
Black humor (Literature)
Cats
Cats -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Literature
Mothers and sons
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Scandals
Scandals -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
Upper class families
Upper class families -- Fiction
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
Adult children living with parents -- Fiction
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy -- Fiction
Black humor (Literature)
Cats
Cats -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Literature
Mothers and sons
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Scandals
Scandals -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
Upper class families
Upper class families -- Fiction
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
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9780062871923
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Bankruptcy -- Fiction
Black humor (Literature)
Cats -- Fiction
Electronic books
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
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Paris (France) -- Fiction
Scandals -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
Upper class families -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
Bankruptcy -- Fiction
Black humor (Literature)
Cats -- Fiction
Electronic books
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Scandals -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
Upper class families -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
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French exit : a tragedy of manners
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French Exit A Novel
French exit : a tragedy of manners / Patrick deWitt
French exit : a tragedy of manners [electronic resource] / Patrick deWitt
French exit [electronic resource] deWitt, Patrick, 1975-
French exit : a tragedy of manners / Patrick deWitt
French exit : a tragedy of manners [electronic resource] / Patrick deWitt
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Bankruptcy
Black humor (Literature)
Cats
Electronic books
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Literature
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Upper class families
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Bankruptcy
Black humor (Literature)
Cats
Electronic books
Fiction
Humor (Fiction)
Literature
Mothers and sons
Scandals
Truthfulness and falsehood
Upper class families
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