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A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French nudist beaches? Is it really polite to sleep with your boss's mistress? Paul opens an English Tea Rooms, and transforms himself temporarily into a Parisian waiter whilst sampling the pleasures of typically French hotel-room afternoons. Then on a return visit to the UK, he sees the full horror of a British office party through Parisian eyes. Meanwhile, he continues his search for the perfect French mademoiselle. Will Paul ever find it?
A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French nudist beaches? Is it really polite to sleep with your boss's mistress? Paul opens an English Tea Rooms, and transforms himself temporarily into a Parisian waiter whilst sampling the pleasures of typically French hotel-room afternoons. Then on a return visit to the UK, he sees the full horror of a British office party through Parisian eyes. Meanwhile, he continues his search for the perfect French mademoiselle. Will Paul ever find it?
Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke is the bestselling author of seven books of fiction and nonfiction that satirize the peculiarities of French culture. In 2004, he self-published A Year in the Merde, a comic novel...
Paracom 29-10-2018
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