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Paul West Séries

Cette série suit les aventures de Paul West, un Britannique typique naviguant dans le charme et le chaos de la vie française. Par des observations pleines d'esprit et des mésaventures humoristiques, le récit explore le choc des cultures, les épreuves de l'expatriation et les absurdités quotidiennes qui rendent la vie intéressante. C'est un mélange delightful de récit de voyage, de comédie et de commentaire perspicace sur les différences culturelles et les faiblesses humaines.

Merde in Europe
The merde factor
Dial M for merde
Merde happens
In the Merde for Love
God save les francaises

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  1. God save les francaises

    • 485pages
    • 17 heures de lecture

    Après la France, les Françaises. Pour Paul West, sujet de Sa Majesté, zigzaguer entre les crottes de chiens n'était déjà pas simple. Sans parler du charabia de l'anglais parisien et toutes choses qu'un Englishman in Paris serait bien inspiré, dans sa vaine espérance de survie, d'appréhender illico. Mais comprendre le beau sexe quand celui-ci a une mère française et un père français, oh my God ! Quand passer des vacances en famille signifie rénover la fosse septique, récolter des courgettes, désamianter le toit et se rendre coupable de tentative de matricide, il y a de quoi en perdre don franglais. Entre apéritifs à répétition et embrouillaminis amoureux, c'est à peine si Paul West trouvera le temps d'envisager de rentrer chez lui.

    God save les francaises1
    3,6

  2. In the Merde for Love

    • 403pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    The sequel to the international bestseller A Year in the Merde continues the hilarious saga of Paul West's misadventures in l'amour ( this title was originally published as Merde, Actually in the UK ) . The latest episode in Stephen Clarke's almost-true account of his adventures as an expat in France is just as delightful as the original--and already a #1 bestseller in the UK. A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some 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? And how do you cope with a plague of ripe garden vegetables? Paul discovers how to judge a French vacationer by the rustiness of his bicycle; opens his English tea room and finally understands why Parisian waiters are so cranky; and, on a return visit to the UK, sees the full horror of a British office party through Parisian eyes. Meanwhile, he continues his search for the perfect French mademoiselle. Will Paul find l'amour �ternel , or will it all end in merde?

    In the Merde for Love2
    3,5

  3. Merde happens

    Paul West is in deep financial merde. His only way out of debt is to accept a decidedly dodgy job that involves him touring America in a Mini, while pretending to be typically British. Also in the car is Paul's French girlfriend, Alexa, and his American poet friend, Jake, whose main aim in life is to sleep with a woman from every country in the world. Preferably in the back of Paul's Mini. But as the little car battles from New York to Miami, and then heads west, leg-room turns out to be the least of Paul's troubles. His work is being sabotaged, his tour plans are in tatters, and his love life becomes a Franco-American war zone. And as Paul knows better than anyone, when you mix love and war - merde happens ...

    Merde happens3
    3,5

  4. Dial M for merde

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    Englishman Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday. M, as Gloria likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking but it soon becomes o

    Dial M for merde4
    3,5

  5. The merde factor

    Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going trés wrong:He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen.His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike - and it could be all his fault.His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. And thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right.And Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him.Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankrupcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan...

    The merde factor5
    3,5

  6. Merde in Europe

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    One Brit in Brussels. Two French Women. And a whole lot of merde. The hilarious new novel from Stephen Clarke, bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and A Thousand Years of Annoying the French. Does Brussels really want to outlaw bingo, bagpipes and smoky bacon crisps? Are eurocrats trying to rename the English Channel? And can the ink in euro notes really make men impotent? No. Well, not exactly. But it is true that the EU is a seriously flawed institution. And it's about to become even more so as Englishman Paul West goes to Brussels to work for a French MEP, and gets an insider's view of what really goes on in the massive madhouse that is the EU Parliament. As Britain prepares to vote whether it stays in or exits the EU, Paul gets the chance to influence the result of the referendum. He has to decide: better the devil you know? Or bring on the Brexit? It's a decision that could cost him a lot more than his euro paypacket . . .

    Merde in Europe6
    3,4