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Stephen Clarke


Born
in St. Albans, The United Kingdom
October 15, 1958

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Stephen Clarke is the bestselling author of seven books of fiction and nonfiction that satirize the peculiarities of French culture. In 2004, he self-published A Year in the Merde, a comic novel skewering contemporary French society. The novel was an instant success and has led to numerous follow-ups, including Dial M for Merde (2008), 1,000 Years of Annoying the French (2010), and Paris Revealed (2011). After working as a journalist for a French press group for ten years, Paris-based Clarke now has a regular spot on French cable TV, poking fun at French culture.

Average rating: 3.63 · 35,187 ratings · 2,986 reviews · 31 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Year in the Merde

3.53 avg rating — 16,115 ratings — published 2004
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1000 Years of Annoying the ...

4.05 avg rating — 4,432 ratings — published 2010 — 40 editions
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Merde Actually

3.56 avg rating — 4,918 ratings — published 2005
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Talk to the Snail: Ten Comm...

3.77 avg rating — 2,504 ratings — published 2006 — 38 editions
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Merde Happens

3.47 avg rating — 2,353 ratings — published 2005 — 34 editions
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Dial M for Merde

3.54 avg rating — 1,310 ratings — published 2008 — 30 editions
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Paris Revealed: The Secret ...

3.69 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions
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The French Revolution and W...

4.18 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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The Merde Factor (Paul West...

3.59 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions
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Merde in Europe

3.47 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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A Year in the Merde Merde Actually Merde Happens Dial M for Merde The Merde Factor Merde in Europe
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“If they wanted their shit stirred, then stirred their shit was jolly well going to be.”
Stephen Clarke, A Year in the Merde

“I was also sick of my neighbors, as most Parisians are. I now knew every second of the morning routine of the family upstairs. At 7:00 am alarm goes off, boom, Madame gets out of bed, puts on her deep-sea divers’ boots, and stomps across my ceiling to megaphone the kids awake. The kids drop bags of cannonballs onto the floor, then, apparently dragging several sledgehammers each, stampede into the kitchen. They grab their chunks of baguette and go and sit in front of the TV, which is always showing a cartoon about people who do nothing but scream at each other and explode. Every minute, one of the kids cartwheels (while bouncing cannonballs) back into the kitchen for seconds, then returns (bringing with it a family of excitable kangaroos) to the TV. Meanwhile the toilet is flushed, on average, fifty times per drop of urine expelled. Finally, there is a ten-minute period of intensive yelling, and at 8:15 on the dot they all howl and crash their way out of the apartment to school.” (p.137)”
Stephen Clarke, A Year in the Merde

“there is a French version of the story, and a true one.”
Stephen Clarke, 1000 Years of Annoying the French

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