Merde Actually
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why do French job applicants put sexually transmitted diseases on their CVs? From the bestselling author of A Year in the Merde.
Paul West Series
This series follows the adventures of Paul West, a quintessential Brit navigating the charms and chaos of French life. Through witty observations and humorous mishaps, the narrative explores the clash of cultures, the trials of being an expatriate, and the everyday absurdities that make life interesting. It's a delightful blend of travelogue, comedy, and insightful commentary on cultural differences and human foibles.
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Pierwsza książka Stephena Clarke’a, Merde! Rok w Paryżu, błyskawicznie stała się bestsellerem na całym świecie, również w Polsce osiągając ogromny sukces. Teraz do rąk polskich czytelników trafia druga część przygód Brytyjczyka we Francji. Jaka jest najlepsza metoda, by przestraszyć żandarma? Dlaczego Francuzi wpisują choroby przenoszone drogą płciową do swoich CV? Dlaczego na publicznych plażach nudystów nie istnieją znaki ostrzegawcze przed kłopotami, na jakie narażony jest plażowicz? I jak poradzić sobie z plagą cukinii? Na te i inne pytania odpowiedzi szuka Paul West, wciąż zmagający się z fundamentalnymi problemami, na jakie skazany jest cudzoziemiec w obcym kraju. Książka Stephena Clarke'a to niezwykle zabawna powieść przygodowa, a zarazem doskonały przewodnik po współczesnej Francji. Tym razem Paul postanawia rozkręcić w Paryżu własny biznes. W wolnych chwilach poszukuje dla siebie idealnej francuskiej mademoiselle. Czy znajdzie wymarzoną l’amour éternel, czy też jego starania okażą się... merde warte?
Paul West is in deep financial merde. His only way out of debt is to accept a decidedly dodgy job that involves him touring America in a Mini, while pretending to be typically British. Also in the car is Paul's French girlfriend, Alexa, and his American poet friend, Jake, whose main aim in life is to sleep with a woman from every country in the world. Preferably in the back of Paul's Mini. But as the little car battles from New York to Miami, and then heads west, leg-room turns out to be the least of Paul's troubles. His work is being sabotaged, his tour plans are in tatters, and his love life becomes a Franco-American war zone. And as Paul knows better than anyone, when you mix love and war - merde happens ...
Dial M for Merde
- 317 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Englishman Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday. M, as Gloria likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking but it soon becomes obvious that she's interested in something a lot more fishy than caviar.
Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going trés wrong:He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen.His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike - and it could be all his fault.His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. And thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right.And Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him.Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan...
Merde in Europe
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
One Brit in Brussels. Two French Women. And a whole lot of merde. The hilarious new novel from Stephen Clarke, bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and A Thousand Years of Annoying the French. Does Brussels really want to outlaw bingo, bagpipes and smoky bacon crisps? Are eurocrats trying to rename the English Channel? And can the ink in euro notes really make men impotent? No. Well, not exactly. But it is true that the EU is a seriously flawed institution. And it's about to become even more so as Englishman Paul West goes to Brussels to work for a French MEP, and gets an insider's view of what really goes on in the massive madhouse that is the EU Parliament. As Britain prepares to vote whether it stays in or exits the EU, Paul gets the chance to influence the result of the referendum. He has to decide: better the devil you know? Or bring on the Brexit? It's a decision that could cost him a lot more than his euro paypacket . . .