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Dial M For Merde

Stephen Clarke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:23rd Apr '09

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Merde meets The Day of the Jackal: Englishman Paul West becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate the French President.

Englishman Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse: two weeks in the sun, all expenses paid, with a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday M, as Gloria likes to be known, is down south to report on caviar trafficking - but it soon becomes obvious that she's interested in something a lot more fishy than caviar.

Paul West has just received an offer he can't refuse:
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Two weeks in the sun.

All expenses paid.

With a beautiful blonde called Gloria Monday.

But it soon becomes obvious that Gloria, or M as she likes to be known, has bigger fish to fry.

Meanwhile Paul is asked to cater his best friend’s wedding. Cooking for the French is a risky assignment at the best of times, but Paul assures the bride that nothing can go wrong.

Or can it?

When Paul discovers that M's real target is the French president, and that he's coming to Elodie's wedding, he realises that the merde is about to hit the fan...

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 about being a Brit abroad. * Mirror *
Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond...Clarke's sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal. * Publisher's Weekly *

ISBN: 9780552773508

Dimensions: 178mm x 106mm x 19mm

Weight: 165g

320 pages