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  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781742754239
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

Dial M for Merde




In the South of France, Paul West has a licence to thrill...

In the South of France, Paul West has a licence to thrill...

Paul West has received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun with a beautiful blonde. M, as she likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking - or is she? Meanwhile, Paul's friend Elodie is marrying an aristocrat, and Paul has been asked to do the catering. Although cooking for the French is always a risky assignment ... As Paul is sexually harassed by a hen party, picked on by French commandos and arrested by excitable gendarmes, events start spiralling out of control. And when he discovers that M's real target is France's new President - and that he's coming to Elodie's wedding - Paul realises the merde really is about to hit the fan...

  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781742754239
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

About the author

Stephen Clarke

Dr Stephen Clarke is a history graduate of the University of Otago and the University of New South Wales. His long-time interest has been the social and cultural impact of war on New Zealand society with expertise in the observance of Anzac Day. After two years as Historian with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Dr Clarke joined the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association in 2001 to work on national projects and later public relations. As Chief Executive he led the strategic transformation and rebrand of the RSA between 2008 and 2013. This was followed by a year at the Royal British Legion in London, where as the first Head of Remembrance he oversaw the start of the First World War Centenary programme. He is an independent historian and founding director of Making History Ltd.

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Praise for Dial M for Merde

Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle

The Times

Done more for the Entente Cordiale than any of our politicians

Daily Mail

Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond

Publisher's Weekly