Merde Actually

Author: Stephen Clarke

Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle’ , The Times,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? And is it really polite to sleep with your boss’s mistress?Paul opens his English tea room, and mutates (tempo….Read More

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