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France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Jonathan Miller author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Gibson Square Books Ltd

Published:25th Apr '24

Should be back in stock very soon

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The author will be covering the French elections in 2022.

A short, hilarious primer to modern France. Dental hygienists are illegal, yet the French exchange a staggering 184 billion kisses every year and many more crazy little French quirks.The French live in a feverish state of fantasy. People are paid to pretend to work, pretend to strike, and generally think work causes depression and suicide. Dental hygienists are illegal, yet the French exchange a staggering 184 billion kisses every year. While preaching liberte, the State forbids everything, is run by one school's alumni, messes up over two thirds of the economy. Despite his rhetoric, even Macron has made not an iota difference. Did you know that.... the French eat more McDonald's hamburgers than anywhere else in the world; pretend to be literary even as Fifty Shades of Gray is France's best-selling book, ever...; and there is much more!

'Loved it. An essential guide.' Andrew Neil

ISBN: 9781783342280

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

224 pages