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A Year In The Merde

By: Stephen Clarke
Narrated by: Justin Edwards
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What are the French really like?

Paul West, a young Englishman arriving in Paris to start a new job, is about to find out.
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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.

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.

 Literature & Fiction Funny Comedy
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Critic reviews

Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle
Must have comedy-of-errors diary about being a Brit abroad
This is the season's word-of-mouth must-have book for Francophiles and Francophobes alike... This comedy of errors has almost certainly done more for the Entente Cordiale than any of our politicians
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a light hearted entertaining and informative tale of a young English man working and meeting girls in Paris, some bits are laugh out loud which is rare for me!

very entertaining

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Switch your brain off funny. Sit back and listen to the trials and tribulations of an Englishman trying to do his best in Paris.

Really enjoyed listening to this book (having read it twice before).

The only downside is that book 2 is not available as an audio book.

Read twice listened once! Love it

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really enjoyed this book. Well read, funny, makes you want to live in Paris.

Great

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Great book, great reader what a shame The Merde Factor wasn't read by Justine Edwards

Great reader.

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Just finished 1,000 years of annoying the French and wasn't quite ready to let the author and narrator go yet so bought this book. Essentially a short story about an English man's adventures in Paris with the same wry observations of the French, their morals, French hypocrisy, their love of striking and not working for whatever reason they can invent.
Lots of laughs, interesting observations and a wonderful description of having sex but using marketing language.

Essentially a short story with chuckles and romps

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