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Clarke, Stephen, 1958-
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British -- France -- Fiction.
Tearooms -- Fiction.
French -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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Clarke, Stephen, 1958-
British -- France -- Fiction.
Tearooms -- Fiction.
French -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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A
year
in the
merde
/ Stephen Clarke.
by
Clarke, Stephen, 1958-
Penguin Canada, c2005.
Call #:
FICTION CLA
Subjects
British -- France -- Fiction.
Tearooms -- Fiction.
French -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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ISBN:
9781582346175 (2006 Bloomsbury pbk.)
9780143051916 (trade pbk.)
0143051911 (trade pbk.)
Description:
276 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
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 on his own experiences and with names changed to "avoid embarrassment, possible legal action-and to prevent the author's legs being broken by someone in a Yves Saint Laurent suit", the book is narrated by Paul West, a twenty-seven-year-old Brit who is brought to Paris by a French company to open a chain of British "tea rooms." He must manage of a group of lazy, grumbling French employees, maneuver around a treacherous Parisian boss, while lucking into a succession of lusty girlfriends (one of whom happens to be the boss's morally challenged daughter). He soon becomes immersed in the contradictions of French culture: the French are not all cheese-eating surrender monkeys, though they do eat a lot of smelly cheese, and they are still in shock at being stupid enough to sell Louisiana, thus losing the chance to make French the global language. The book will also tell you how to get the best out of the grumpiest Parisian waiter, how to survive a French business meeting, and how not to buy a house in the French countryside. The author originally wrote A
Year
in the
Merde
just for fun and self-published it in France in an English-language edition. Weeks later, it had become a word-of-mouth hit for expats and the French alike. With translation rights now sold in eleven countries and already a bestseller in the UK and France, Stephen Clarke is clearly a Bill Bryson (or a Peter Mayle...) for a whole new generation of readers who can never quite decide whether they love-or love to hate-the French.
Genre:
Autobiographical fiction.
Humorous fiction.
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