The Merde Factor: (Paul West 5) (Paperback)

Stephen Clarke (author)

£12.99

Paperback 304 Pages
Published: 13/09/2012

Synopsis Author

Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going tres wrong: His apartment is 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. 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...

Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9781780890333
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 405 g
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 22 mm

Stephen Clarke

Before becoming an author, Clarke wrote radio comedy sketches and stories for US cartoonist Gilbert Shelton. With A Year in the Merde, Clarke is arguably one of the earliest self-publishing success stories--it was discovered by French newspapers and garnered enough interest that he could sell the novel to international publishers. It has since been published in over 20 languages. He has now written several Merde books, all starring Paul West, an Englishman surviving in France.

Clarke has also written non-fiction, including 1000 Years of Annoying the French, a bestselling look at the history between Great Britain and France, and Paris Revealed, a book detailing the hidden secrets of Paris that Clarke has learned from ten-plus years living there.

Visit the Stephen Clarke author page