### From Publishers Weekly In this entertaining third installment to his Paul West series, British journalist Clarke sets his acerbic sights on America. Paul, an ex-pat Brit running a tearoom in Paris, commits a grievous crime when he presents English menus at his tearoom. The Ministry of Culture s
Merde Happens
β Scribed by Clarke, Stephen
- Book ID
- 110148261
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 500 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
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 Paulβs 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 Paulβs 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 Paulβs 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 ...
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