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 Merde Happens - Stephen Clarke
Newest Review: ... basic ingredients are the same - we have Paul West the Englishman and his très French girlfriend Alexa as usual - but this ... more  ... time, they are thrown together with an American Jake and travel across the USA. As with all good recipes, you have to be careful or you add one extra ingredient too many and the finished result just doesn't live up to the original basic model. And although I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, I couldn't help thinking it wasn't quite as good as the two previous episodes.
The basic story is that Paul West, on behalf of the British Tourist Agency, accepts to travel across the US continent, calling in at a number of to...more |
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Merde Happens - Stephen Clarke: Good but not as good as the previous two (542 words)
by - written on 03/10/08 (Very useful, 44 readings)
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Stephen Clarke tells us the hilarious tales of Paul West, a Brit abroad, living and working in France, which is exactly the same as me, so his writing immediately appeals to me. I can really relate to the predicaments he finds himself in when faced with painfully inept French officials, the linguistic mishaps and the general inter-cultural misunderstandings that constantly crop up when you immerse yourself in a foreign country. The two previous books ("Merde Actually" and "A year in the Merde") have dealt with exactly that, the tales of Paul's life in France, whereas for this latest offering, he changes continents and adds another ... Read the complete review
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