6/27/2023 0 Comments French Exit by Patrick deWitt![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No, she’s not cooking, says Maman: “I only like the sound it makes.” Frances and Malcolm are sensual creatures, she a “moneyed, striking woman of sixty-five years,” he “broody and unkempt.” Now, suddenly broke, Frances decides to sell what she can and bolt to Paris, Malcolm in tow. “They’re not normal people”: an entertaining romp among the disaffected bourgeoisie.Įarly in the pages of deWitt’s ( Undermajordomo Minor, 2015, etc.) latest, the shiftless son of Frances Price-a meaningful name, that-wanders into the family's Manhattan kitchen to find his mother wielding a “long, gleaming knife.” Having never seen her cook, Malcolm is puzzled. ![]()
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