The Graceful Exit - Signed and inscribed

Rita Kashner

ISBN 10: 0689120850 / ISBN 13: 9780689120855

Published by Atheneum, NY, 1989

About this Item

Atheneum, NY, 1989, 211 pgs. First/First in Near Fine/Very Good condition with shelf/edgewear and light soiling to book and shelfwear, rubbing, edgewear, and uniform toning to dj. Otherwise tight, square, clean, and unclipped (please review photos). The Author has Signed and inscribed to previous owners on ffep "for."One never knows, do one", with love Rita. Murder, love and a bereavement boutique. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. Green and white boards with gold lettering.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Graceful Exit - Signed and inscribed
• Publisher: Atheneum, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689120850
• ISBN 13: 9780689120855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First/First.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Caroline Mayhew becomes involved in some unorthodox business dealings when she arranges a special trip--and an untimely death--for her alcoholic father through a service called Great Events

Reviews

Kashner's caustic wit and gift for zippy dialogue have not deserted her, but this third novel (after To the Tenth Generation ) strays too far from credibility to be truly satisfying. Caroline Mayhew, 35-ish Westchester divorcee, becomes a client of Great Events, a service run by elegant Margaret Ten Hagen. This apparently altruistic business provides a "peak moment . . . a lifetime high" for those on the verge of death. Determined to provide a grand send-off for her cirrhosis-ridden, alcoholic father, Caroline agrees to Margaret's arrangements for him to enjoy a week of golf at St. Andrews and a bibulous evening in a castle full of rare old whisky before being painlessly (and of course secretly) dispatched. Intrigued by Great Events' merciful premise, Caroline becomes Margaret's assistant. She is disillusioned, however, when she finds that many of Margaret's clients are in good health, their demise requested by those who would benefit from their final departure. When a narcissistic woman, who has arranged for her own grand exit to spite an ex-lover, dies before her time under suspicious circumstances, Caroline turns sleuth, accompanied by a client who turns out to be not at all what she expected. While the novel is fun to read, even its outlandish developments are manifestly predictable.
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