What a strange book French Exit (#777) is! Patrick DeWitt has imagined the most unpleasant, self-centered pair in Frances Price and her aimless adult son Malcolm. Her object in life is to spend her considerable fortune and be the envy of all those around her. Malcolm apparently has no ambition whatsoever.
When her financial advisor finally gets through to Frances to tell her that her money is all gone, she sells up everything not nailed down and sails off to France with the cash, Malcolm and Small Frank, the cat. She plans to spend every last Euro and then kill herself and Small Frank. Malcolm is out of the loop, to be left to fend for himself.
That's pretty much it, in a nutshell. I can't say I gained anything by spending time with these wastrels. Maybe you'd be better off if you didn't, either. Just my opinion.
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