A year in the merde

Paul West, a young Englishman, arrives in Paris to start a new job - and finds out what the French are really like. They do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs� droppings. They don�t wash their armpits with garlic soap. Going on strike really is the second national participation sport after p�nque. And, yes, they do use suppositories. In this book, Stephen Clarke gives a laugh-out-loud account of the pleasures and perils of being a Brit in France.