from amazon:
Paul West, a young Englishman, arrives in Paris to start a new job - and finds out what the French are really like 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 In his first novel, Stephen Clarke gives a laugh-out-loud account of the pleasures and perils of being a Brit in France. Less quaint than A Year in Provence, less chocolatey than Chocolat, 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

I was told this book was very funny - it isn't. Mildly amusing would be more accurate. The book is filled with usual clichés about the French - the rudeness, the bureaucracy etc. I do agree with the author about dog poo though - the concept of poop'n'scoop seems to be unknown to Parisians.

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I've heard good things about this (though reading Rahar's review i'm not so sure), so picked it up to read, probrably when on holiday later in the year

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