I thoroughly enjoyed this book. No French person is going to enjoy it true, but for anyone else it is very interesting, enlightening and so entertaining. He is a witty funny writer. History is very interpretive and I am going to give Stephen Clarke the benefit of the doubt regarding his research ...
I used this book for a school project on the French Resistance, and it was a great reference! Lots of interesting and funny little titbits that I loved reading about. The best thing about it is that it doesn't have the fancy vocabulary and jargon that most history books have, it explains everythi...
In the acclaimed third book in the popular Merde series, Paul West winds up stuck in America, chin-deep in financial trouble. He and his French girlfriend set off on their journey, with hopes of escaping fiscal ruin. But as the not-so-dynamic duo stumble toward Los Angeles, via Boston, Miami, New...
Every French person knows that. Only awkward English-speakers think it starts in January. The year really begins on the first Monday of September. This is when Parisians get back to their desks after their month-long holiday and begin working out wh...
Good start, I thought. I’d just got back to Paris after several months in America, where my French had faded away like a winter suntan. It felt good to be topping it up again. ‘Je m’appelle West. Paul West.’ I slid my credit card across the counter. ‘You can speak English with me. Many foreign vi...