A "French Exit" is when guests sneak out of a party without saying goodbye. Frances and her son Malcolm, perform the ultimate French Exit by leaving the states for France when the money runs out and Frances' husband Franklin's scandalous death has made them pariahs. After a sea journey with their smuggled cat, Small Frank (who may or may not be Franklin Price reincarnated), they arrive in Paris to stay in a borrowed apartment. There they accumulate an assortment of eccentric characters and things get stranger until the final exit. Darkly amusing and quirky. Others have thoroughly blogged about this book here, here, and here.
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