ISBN A Year In The Merde book English Paperback 384 pages

What are the Frenchreallylike?
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 thanA Year in Provence, less chocolatey thanChocolat,
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.