Year In The Merde (eBook)

The pleasures and perils of being a Brit in France

Stephen Clarke (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
384 Seiten
Transworld (Verlag)
978-1-4070-3877-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 ptanque. 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.

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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. _________________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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-4070-3877-X / 140703877X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4070-3877-3 / 9781407038773