jcg's review
A Year in the Merde
by Stephen Clarke
jcg's review
A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
jcg's review
rating:
Predictable mocking humour of French people mangling the English language, of French people disdaining English food, of Parisian hostility, of the French work ethic and strikes, of French sexual mores, of French duplicity and conniving, etc. Funny if you like snobbish English cultural superiority.
The big problem with the book is that the main character is not very likable. He is shallow, selfish, immature, manipulative and not very engaging as a comic hero. There are no real characters in the book, merely charicatures, especially the women who are nothing more than talking sex-toys.
The big problem with the book is that the main character is not very likable. He is shallow, selfish, immature, manipulative and not very engaging as a comic hero. There are no real characters in the book, merely charicatures, especially the women who are nothing more than talking sex-toys.
