In the Merde for Love - European Travel Books

Hardcover - 02 May, 2006 - Bloomsbury USA
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By: Stephen Clarke
ISBN: 1596911905

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Laughed out loud at least twice per chapter

Note: This book also goes by the title "Merde Actually". I read Stephen Clarke's "Merde Actually" and laughed so many times that I had to read the prequel "A Year in the Merde". Both are hilarious, colored with stories that will have expats shaking their heads in agreement. I'm not sure that you'll find these books funny if you've never spent time in France, but I'm certain you will enjoy them if you have.

Starts off strong...

Starts off strong. It's almost as funny as the first one. The visit with West's new girlfriend's parents is quite funny. I loved working through his struggle to build and employ and run his salon du thé. But the last 50 pages were totally anti-climatic. It gets weak and I just didn't care what happened when he left France. (when he realized France didn't need him anymore.) I think I was disappointed he wimped out and went for the girl. I also couldn't understand why he was supposed to keep it in his pants and not sleep around but it was perfectly okay for Alexis to live with another fellow? And speaking of sleeping around, I guess it's easy for Paul West to do. Were we to conclude that even though he could have great sex with beautiful women, he really just wanted to be with Alexis because of love? This should be a good thing, I just didn't care if they got together in the end. I would have voted for the affair with the married TV reporter...she was interesting. I loved the first one. I liked the second one. I will buy a third one.

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