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The Second Worst Restaurant in France

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
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In the follow-up to My Italian Bulldozer, hapless food writer Paul Stewart once again finds himself trapped in a series of hilarious misunderstandings, this time facing off against the second worst restaurant in France.

Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months.

It is not going well, as Paul finds his domestic circumstances unsuited to concentrated hard work: Gloria has now moved in with him (not specifically invited) and has brought with her two extremely vocal and demanding Siamese cats. The cats give Paul no peace.

Beginning to worry that The Philosophy of Food will never be written, Paul calls on the aid of his cousin, Chloe, who suggests a radical course of action. She has taken a six-month lease on a house in a French village not far from Poitiers and invites him to join her there and get the book finished in peace.

He needs no second bidding, and it is not long before he escapes to France. Once there, however, Paul finds his fortunes tangled up with the fate of one eating establishment in the village: the infamous Second Worst Restaurant in France.

©2019 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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Such a lovely funny feel good story that gently tackles every day life issues and makes one think. The writer is clever as he unfolds this funny story with history along with exposing subtle trends that make up this crazy world we live in keeping you interested with twist and turns along the way!

A funny feel good story

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I bought the book because I enjoyed the No1 Ladies' Detective Agency series but I was so disappointed by the story, the narrator.. A big let down. I thought the narrator French accent sounded like an imitation of J. Malkovitch French accent in Johnny English.

French would say "bof"?

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