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A Year in the Merde

By: Stephen Clarke
Narrated by: Michael Praed
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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. 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. Less quaint than A Year in Provence, less chocolatey than Chocolat, A Year in the Merde will tell you how to get served by the grumpiest Parisian waiter; how to make perfect vinaigrette every time; how to make amour, not war; and how not to buy a house in the French countryside.

©2004 Stephen Clarke (P)2005 Random House Audiobooks
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Flirtatiously comedic comparison between the English and French cultures. I loved all the escapades the hero of the story went down. A nice little insight into the French culture from a more Conservative perspective. Would recommend!

A good chuckle and a giggle - lives all the idiosyncratic nuances of the cultures.

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