Merde Happens | 
| Author: Stephen Clarke
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 70493
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1596915277
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9781596915275
ASIN: 1596915277
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Condition: CHARITY SALE!! New book -- slight shelf wear to dust jacket. 100% of the proceeds benefit the literacy efforts of Books For America.
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Product Description
From Stephen Clarke, the internationally bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens is the third installation of Paul West's hilarious mis-adventures in merde. This time around Paul finds himself in financial trouble. After failing to translate the menu of his English-style tearoom into proper French, the Ministry of Culture levies him with a substantial fine, which he must pay within 6 weeks or risk losing his business. So, he sets off to America, with his French girlfriend in tow, to take part in an international competition to promote Britain as a tourism destination. But as the not-so-dynamic duo stumble toward Los Angeles, via Boston, Miami, New Orleans, and Las Vegas, Paul’s well-oiled plans for success, of course, turn to merde: While visiting Boston, he inspires an impromptu recreation of the Boston Tea Party; in Miami, he narrowly escapes a carjacking only to have to his hotel room catch fire later that night; and somewhere between Miami and New Orleans, his girlfriend hitches a ride with another man for a liaison dangereuse. Meanwhile, Paul’s old flame has declared war on her former beau by trying to sabotage his chances of winning the contest. And as Paul knows better than anyone, when you mix love and war—merde happens.
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Shallow Merde July 17, 2008
I was really looking forward to reading this sequence and might have had high expectations, considering the two previous books were absolutelly awesome. Unfortunatelly this one does not deliver. The story makes little sense and by the last page I was beyond disappointed. Maybe the next one will be better, since couldn't get any worse.
 Nope July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I honestly did not like this book. I've read the reviews on amazon.co.uk they all say this is "the best one yet!" I disagree. Perhaps it's only funny when you're an outsider looking in. That's what makes the other two so great. But this one, as an American, no so. It's just boring; I couldn't stay engaged with the story. 'He goes here, this happens. He goes here, this happens. He goes here, this happens. End.' I hope Dial M for Merde will redeem the series!!!
 Extremely funny June 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Clarke's version of America is every bit as funny as his version of France. Paul West (lead character)drives across the US in an attempt to win a contest that will save his business back in Paris. Aside from the inevitable culture clashes, what makes this book so enjoyable is his relationships with his friends, who are a ragged yet good hearted bunch who end up looking out for one another as Paul West gets himself into one weird (and occasionally life-threatening) situation after another.I have read the previous 2 books based on the Paul West character, and I found this to be every bit as engaging, although I did not care for the end, and a few plots were too far fetched to suspend belief. But as with the other 2, I found myself laughing aloud several times.
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