A Year in the Merde
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Year in the Merde
By (Author) Stephen Clarke
Random House Australia
Random House Australia
1st October 2004
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.92
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Newcomer of the Year 2006
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 199mm, Spine 19mm
304g
Description
There are lots of French people who are not at all hypocritical, inefficient, aggressive, arrogant, adulterous or incredibly sexy. They just didn't make it into this book ...A YEAR IN THE MERDE is the almost-true account of a year in the life of 45-year-old Brit expat, Stephen Clarke.
Author Bio
Stephen Clarke lives in Paris where he divides his time between writing and not writing. His first novel, A Year In The Merde, originally became a word-of-mouth hit in Paris in 2004. Since then it has been published all over the world, and earned Stephen a nomination for the British Book Award for Best Newcomer. The follow-up, Merde Actually, went to number one in the Bookseller chart. In 2006, he published his guide to understanding the French, Talk to the Snail, which he divided into ten 'commandments' or chapters that include 'Thou Shalt Not Work', 'Thou Shalt Not Love Thy Neighbour' and 'Thou Shalt Not Be Served'. His next novel, Merde Happens, was nominated for the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance.
