rlk7m 's review for:

A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke

2.0

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I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. Its redeeming quality was all the spot-on cultural references. I"m glad that when I return to France, I'll know how to get a normal-sized coffee, and not an espresso-sized cafe au lait. But the general plot left me wanting more and I really couldn't have cared less about all of Paul's sexual escapades or his general downer attitude. Had the character not felt like everything was merde all the time, I might have enjoyed it a little more.