French Exit. First Printing. Signed by Author

DeWitt, Patrick

ISBN 10: 1526601176 / ISBN 13: 9781526601179

Published by London. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018

About this Item

London. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2018. First Edition/First Printing (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Black boards with gilt spine titles. Yellow endpapers with repeating fleur-de-lys pattern and a disappearing cat. The head of the spine panel has been gently bumped and has caused mild creasing to the head of the spine jacket. Other than this, the book and jacket are signed. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. Frances Price - tart widow, possessive mother and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset by scandal. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. Brimming with pathos, warmth and wit, French Exit is a one-of-a-kind tragedy of manners, a riotous send-up of high society and a moving story of mothers and sons.

Seller Inventory # MAY08.22011

Bibliographic Details

• Title: French Exit. First Printing. Signed by Author
• Publisher: London. Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526601176
• ISBN 13: 9781526601179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • hypermodern, fiction, first, signed

About this title

Synopsis

The new novel from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers'DeWitt is in possession of a fresh, lively voice that surprises at every turn' Kate Atkinson, author of Transcription'My favourite book of his yet ... Dizzyingly good ... A triumph from a writer truly in the zone' Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette'French Exit made me so happy ... Brilliant, addictive, funny and wise' Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessFrances Price - tart widow, possessive mother and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset by scandal. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then there's their cat, Small Frank, who Frances believes houses the spirit of her late husband, an infamously immoral lawyer whose gruesome tabloid death rendered them social outcasts.To put their troubles behind them, the trio cut their losses and head for the exit. Their beloved Paris becomes the backdrop for a giddy drive to self-destruction, helped along by a cast of singularly curious a bashful private investigator, an aimless psychic and Mme. Reynard, friendly American expat and aggressive houseguest.Brimming with pathos, warmth and wit, French Exit is a one-of-a-kind tragedy of manners, a riotous send-up of high society and a moving story of mothers and sons.