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I'm Gone

by Jean Echenoz · 1999

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"I'm Gone begins simply enough: the hero, an urbane Parisian art dealer, tells his wife he's leaving her, drops his keys on the table, and walks out forever. His new existence is as madcap and unpredictable as his old was staid. French phenomenon Jean Echenoz's newest novel is a bitingly humorous look at the uncertainties of love at midlife, a suspenseful crime caper, and a witty, satirical foray into corruption in the international art market."—BOOK JACKET.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
artartMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisParisParisMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 195 pages

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