Stephen Clarke

Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Newcomer of the Year, 2006.
Paul West, a young Englishman, arrives in Paris to start a new job and finds out what the French are really like....

Published in the 200th anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo, a witty look at how the French still think they won....

Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French....

An urban antidote to A Year in Provence, Stephen Clarke's book is a laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of an expat in Paris- for Francophiles and Francophobes alike A YEAR IN THE MERDE is the almost-true account of the author's adventures as an expat in Paris. Based loosely on his own...