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A Year in the Merde

by Stephen Clarke
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A Year in the Merde
A Year in the Merde

Humorous expatriate adventure in Parisian culture.

If you've ever fantasized about chucking it all and moving to Paris, "A Year in the Merde" might be your wake-up call—or your guidebook. Stephen Clarke dishes out a rollicking narrative full of wry observations that dig into the heart of the French paradox: a place so beautiful yet maddeningly complicated by its customs. You'll laugh, you'll cringe, and you'll definitely crave some French cheese, albeit maybe not the kind that smells like pig droppings!

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by Stephen Clarke
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ISBN: 9780552153072
Authors: Stephen Clarke
Publisher: Black Swan
Date of Publication: 2005-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary
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Goodreads rating: 3.53
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Description

Paul West arrives in Paris to start a new job - and finds out what the French are really like. They do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs' droppings. They don't wash their armpits with garlic soap. Going on strike really is the second national participation sport after petanque. And, yes, they do use suppositories. In his first novel, Stephen Clarke gives a laugh-out-loud account of the pleasures and perils of being a Brit in France. A Year in the Merde tells you how to get served by the grumpiest Parisian waiter; how to make amour - not war; and how not to buy a house in the French countryside.
 

Humorous expatriate adventure in Parisian culture.

If you've ever fantasized about chucking it all and moving to Paris, "A Year in the Merde" might be your wake-up call—or your guidebook. Stephen Clarke dishes out a rollicking narrative full of wry observations that dig into the heart of the French paradox: a place so beautiful yet maddeningly complicated by its customs. You'll laugh, you'll cringe, and you'll definitely crave some French cheese, albeit maybe not the kind that smells like pig droppings!

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