French Exit (aka ‘ghosting’) is a term for leaving a social situation without saying goodbye to the hosts - a particularly apt title for this novel about New Yorker socialites (a dysfunctional mother and son relationship) decamping to Paris after being declared bankrupt. This old fashioned tragicomedy of manners, with its absurdist plot and cast of stock farce dramatis personae, is a must for lovers of social satire like myself.
