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A Year in the Merde
A Year in the Merde
Author: Stephen Clarke
Paul West arrives in Paris to start a new job -- and finds out what the French are really like. 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...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780552153072
ISBN-10: 0552153079
Publication Date: 3/1/2005
Pages: 383
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Black Swan
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed A Year in the Merde on + 7 more book reviews
If you've lived in France or have dealings with Frenchies on a regular basis this is a MUST. Beware, you may laugh out loud raucously at certain points... be ready to explain when they ask why!
galnsearch avatar reviewed A Year in the Merde on + 143 more book reviews
If you're English, this book is a riot. If you're French, you probably won't like it. If you're anything else, you'll find several parts very funny and other parts you won't fully understand.
reviewed A Year in the Merde on + 16 more book reviews
Humorous account of Brit's year in France trying to open up a business as a partnership. Dry British humor, light reading; apparently especially funny if you are French and/or know the landscape, etc. Interesting insight into the French psyche. Because I missed some of the references and the phrases, I rated it only 3 1/2.
reviewed A Year in the Merde on + 55 more book reviews
The best book I read last year. Fabulously funny and sophisticated.
reviewed A Year in the Merde on + 83 more book reviews
Lots of fun
reviewed A Year in the Merde on + 34 more book reviews
Think "A Year In Provence" with a libidinous cynical smartxxx fictionalized American, and there you go. It was an entertaining, mindless read. Good vacation or beach book.

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