- Paperback: 449 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; Reprint edition (1 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593054776
- ISBN-13: 978-0593054772
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle' The Times"
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From the bestselling author of A YEAR IN THE MERDE, the next instalment in the hilarious adventures of Paul West.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was given this book after running out of good books when working in France. I just couldn't put it down. With it's likeable characters and very funny scenarios, it's a very easy holiday read,especially when in France. Going through the same as Paul West and having to visit a french doctor. Being given a nearly A4 size prescription with about 10 things on it for a throat infection; and realising, as the character did, that there is pharmacy on nearly every street corner, had me in stitches. If you want a laugh out loud, can't put it down read, but not all this girlie relationship fiction, then this is your book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book today, after hauling it halfway around the world to read. I'm an English woman in China and though the coutries are different, the insight and entertainment's the same.
I preferred Merde Actually to A Year in the Merde because he develops the storyline between two characters as well as continues to make readers chuckle out loud in airports, train stations and bus stations around the world. Especially loved the Da Vinci bit, and the dancing bit, and the politics bit, and the getting caught with the pants down bit, and, well I'm sure you get the point.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read the first book featuring "Pol Wess" and it was great, although not nearly as funny as this one. I bought it at the airport to take on holiday with me and I laughed out loud so many times that by a couple of days in my boyfriend was keen to read it after me! A really entertaining read that you can easily pick up and put down at any point without losing the thread and a good series of observations on how it feels to try and really fit into French culture when you're really a bit of a Brit through and through!
Good Stuff, definitely reccommend it, and anyone who has ever lived in France will love it. So many "I know exactly what he's talking about" moments it's hilarious!
Good Stuff, definitely reccommend it, and anyone who has ever lived in France will love it. So many "I know exactly what he's talking about" moments it's hilarious!
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Brilliantly funny
This is a very funny book about an Englishman living in France and relates humourously to the differences between the Frenc and English and bit like Bill Bryson does in his books... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs S
Very funny and well written
Barry Mewha - do you really think Bill Bryson doesn't make things up?
This is a great book, even funnier than the first. Read more
This is a great book, even funnier than the first. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ms. L. R. Fisher
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A good book even if it's not so funny as "a year in the merde", too many pages dedicated to sex talk; Yet it's interesting to read it if you want to know if Paul West will manage... Read more
Published 7 months ago by marie-christine
What a profoundly funny reflection of certain cultures
I did not plan on reading this but my french partner happened to take it away with us on holiday. We both read it and laughed our socks off as we recognised all the odd character... Read more
Published 8 months ago by boing
funny? don't think so.
I must have a very different sense of humour to some of the reviewers here as I didn't think it was that funny, smiled occasionally but didn't laugh out loud as some as the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by BooBoo
superb follow up
Very funny follow up to "a year in the merde".An easy read and finished far too quickly as i couldn't put it down
Published 14 months ago by Robert Handy
another great pool-side read
I read this book next to the pool in the summer. It did not take long to read and as with the first book has a great pace and does involve you on an easy ride from chapter une. Read more
Published 14 months ago by JrF
If you want to laugh this is a good book.
If you have lived in France or visit it for a considerable period, you will have a big laugh with this book. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Gustavo Gzz
Another good read from Stephen Clarke
Very funny if you like Stephen Clarke. An amusing author and would make a good present for any francophile!
Published 21 months ago by Merrifields
Merde, Actually!
I'm currently working in Paris and saw this at the airport, so I thought I'd be able to relate to it. How wrong. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Brighid
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