The Resource French exit : a tragedy of manners, by Patrick deWitt
French exit : a tragedy of manners, by Patrick deWitt
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The item French exit : a tragedy of manners, by Patrick deWitt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9780062846945
- Label
- French exit : a tragedy of manners
- Title
- French exit
- Title remainder
- a tragedy of manners
- Statement of responsibility
- by Patrick deWitt
- Subject
-
- Paris (France) -- Fiction
- trueMoving, Household
- Scandals -- Fiction
- trueApartment house life
- trueNew York City
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMother and adult son
- trueElectronic books
- trueBlack humor
- trueCats
- trueRich people
- trueWidows
- Bankruptcy -- Fiction
- trueScandals
- Widows -- Fiction
- trueParis, France
- trueBankruptcy
- Adult children living with parents -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Summary
- Bankrupted by her infamous litigator husband's tabloid death, a scandal-fearing widow flees New York for Paris, where her deadbeat son and she navigate near-comic self-destructive choices
- Award
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2018.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10685154
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- deWitt, Patrick
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3604.E923
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Widows
- Adult children living with parents
- Scandals
- Bankruptcy
- Electronic books
- Black humor
- Paris (France)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- French exit : a tragedy of manners, by Patrick deWitt
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780062846945
- Lccn
- 2017057308
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- B7451580-2469-4143-943F-0629D391D7EC
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1014006186
- (OCoLC)on1014006186
- Label
- French exit : a tragedy of manners, by Patrick deWitt
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780062846945
- Lccn
- 2017057308
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- B7451580-2469-4143-943F-0629D391D7EC
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1014006186
- (OCoLC)on1014006186
Subject
- Adult children living with parents -- Fiction
- trueApartment house life
- trueBankruptcy
- Bankruptcy -- Fiction
- trueBlack humor
- trueCats
- trueElectronic books
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMother and adult son
- trueMoving, Household
- trueNew York City
- Paris (France) -- Fiction
- trueParis, France
- trueRich people
- trueScandals
- Scandals -- Fiction
- trueWidows
- Widows -- Fiction
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