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     Patrick deWitt on French Exit

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2. www.youtube.com › watchPatrick deWitt on French Exit - YouTube

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   Sep 25, 2018 · We were joined by bestselling, Bookser-shortlisted author Patrick deWitt, to discuss his brilliant and dark new novel French Exit.

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3. www.youtube.com › watchFrench Exit by Patrick DeWitt REVIEW - YouTube

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   Sep 30, 2018 · Buy French Exit on The Book Depository (yep I'm an affiliate):http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781526601179/?a_aid=TheBookchemistAlso buy The Sisters Brot...

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4. www.youtube.com › watchTime to Read: French Exit by Patrick deWitt - YouTube

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   This month, we read and discuss French Exit by Patrick deWitt. Time to Read is a virtual book club in podcast form, for people who like books and book clubs ...

5. www.newyorker.com › books › page-turnerThe Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit”

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   Aug 24, 2018 · “French Exit” tells the story of Frances Price, a sixty-five-year-old socialite who is infamous among the Manhattan élite for discovering the body of her husband in their bedroom and then...

6. ivereadthis.com › 2019/05/17 › book-review-frenchBook Review: French Exit by Patrick deWitt - I've Read This

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   May 17, 2019 · Fleeing Manhattan for a friend’s apartment in Paris, the mother and son duo (think Lucille and Buster Bluth) find a new network of ‘friends’ to settle in with while they grow accustomed to their new, modest lifestyle.

7. www.cbc.ca › books › french-exit-1French Exit | CBC Books

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   Jul 23, 2018 · Patrick deWitt. 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...

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   What does DeWitt see in French Exit?

   • In “French Exit,” deWitt sees little daylight between noticing the emptiness of social gestures and apprehending the emptiness of everything. The novel is billed, aptly, as “a tragedy of manners.” For a time, it is a miniaturist work of howling nihilism.

   The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit”

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   Is French Exit a satire?

   • In his new novel, “ French Exit ,” deWitt serves up a modern story, a satire about an insouciant widow on a quest for refined self-immolation. The novel engages the tropes of the comedy of manners, a genre of societal critique that dates back to classical Greece and locks its gaze on the affectations and hypocrisy of the upper classes.

   The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit”

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   Is French Exit a 'tragedy of manners'?

   • 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. ( From House of Anansi Press) French Exit was on the shortlist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

   French Exit | CBC Books

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   Is French Exit a tragedy of nihilism?

   • The novel is billed, aptly, as “a tragedy of manners.” For a time, it is a miniaturist work of howling nihilism. “French Exit” tells the story of Frances Price, a sixty-five-year-old socialite who is infamous among the Manhattan élite for discovering the body of her husband in their bedroom and then going skiing for the weekend.

   The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit”

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9. www.cbc.ca › books › patrick-dewitt-talks-about-hisPatrick deWitt talks about his latest novel, French Exit, and ...

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   Aug 21, 2018 · deWitt spoke with CBC Books about writing French Exit and his thoughts on seeing The Sisters Brothers on the big screen. French Exit is on the longlist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller...