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  • Published: 13 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448159512
  • Imprint: RH AudioGo
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 7 hr 22 min
  • Narrator: Tom Allen
  • RRP: $19.99

The Merde Factor

How to survive in a Parisian Attic




By the bestselling author of A Year in the Merde, a must-have comedy of errors about the trouble you can get into if you're a Brit abroad.

Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to
annoy the French.

But recently things have been going très 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...

  • Published: 13 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448159512
  • Imprint: RH AudioGo
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 7 hr 22 min
  • Narrator: Tom Allen
  • RRP: $19.99

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 The Merde Factor

Has done more for the Entente Cordiale than any of our politicians.

Daily Mail

Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle.

The Times

Must-have comedy-of-errors diary of being a Brit abroad.

Mirror
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