A Year in the Merde

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• A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke

  A Year In The Merde was recommended to me by a friend whose sense of humour is very much on a par with mine. I read it a couple of years ago and decided, on discovering that Stephen Clarke had written a couple of not-to-be-missed follow-ups, that I w ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

• A Year in the Merde By Stephen Clarke

  If the rising price of airline tickets has you spending your summer vacation on American shores instead of jetting off to the Cote d'Azur, Stephen Clarke's hilarious new book is the perfect antidote. (Readers too relaxed to turn the pages can check o ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

10 Reviews

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  this is a must-read if you have lived in France and in the UK.
  this is a must-read also if you have lived in either one of those countries.
  interestingly enough, this is a must-read even if you have lived in neither of them, as we all have met - at some point or the other - the English an ... (continue)

  this is a must-read if you have lived in France and in the UK.
  this is a must-read also if you have lived in either one of those countries.
  interestingly enough, this is a must-read even if you have lived in neither of them, as we all have met - at some point or the other - the English and the French.

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  disastrino said on Nov 2, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Voulez-vous shag with me?

  The French world seen trough the eyes of a londoner lost in the streets of Paris... watch him learn learn "le français" the hard way!

  Hilarious, but you'll need a little insight in both English and French culture.

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  Nonethousand said on Jun 24, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Paris is, a bit like an ocean. An ocean is great place to live if you are a shark. There's a loads of fresh seafood, and if anyone gives you shit you just bite them in half. you might not be loved by everyone, but you will be left in peace to enjoy yourself.

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  Blue Hawaii said on May 3, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  An Englishman in France, where he can't keep off women, trouble, and politics. Amusing.

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  KillingTime said on Mar 5, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Soooo Funny!
  [and he's right about French people!]

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  Ecila82 said on Mar 4, 2009 | Add your feedback

• You don't read this book expecting a masterpiece of literature, as it is not.
  ...But surely this is something you want to read when as a foreigner you are living in France!
  Sharp, accurate, HILARIOUS!
  It will crack you up...ABSOLUTELY.
  ...to remind you that books might not all be ... (continue)

  You don't read this book expecting a masterpiece of literature, as it is not.
  ...But surely this is something you want to read when as a foreigner you are living in France!
  Sharp, accurate, HILARIOUS!
  It will crack you up...ABSOLUTELY.
  ...to remind you that books might not all be masterpieces, but they can always be LOT OF FUN!

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  Bryterlayter said on Aug 27, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 1856868222
• ISBN-13: 9781856868228
• Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
• Pub date: Apr 07, 2005
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Livres Français, Česká kniha

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