Merde Happens
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Overview
In the acclaimed third installment of the popular Merde series, Paul West winds up stuck in American, chin-deep in financial trouble. He and his French girlfriend set off to America, with hopes of veering off the path to fiscal ruin. 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: the couple takes on carjackers, old flames, and liaisons dangereuses. The result is a madcap, hilarious adventure, an acerbic tour through America, France, England, and the places that make us who we are.
"Clarke works his humor in a frantic, colorful choreography of mayhem, like Busby Berkeley conducting Harold Lloyd. Amusing travelogue from an engaging narrator who never lets a little bad news mess with his joie de vivre." -Kirkus Reviews
PART TROIS: Merde Happens is the third installation of the internationally bestselling Paul West series. Readers, as evidenced by the popularity of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, are eager to see how deep in the merde Paul is this time around.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: Just a few weeks after publication, Merde Happens is already a besteseller in the U.K., reaching number 8 on England’s Bookseller list, and is a #1 bestseller in France.
SET IN AMERICA: Unlike his previous two adventures, Paul is now on American soil, and his newest adventures in merde L’Americain will resonate with a wider audience in the States.
TIMELY: With new leadership in the White House, there is new interest in what America is and how we’re seen abroad. The first spring travel season of the new presidency should make a great time to publish this book in paperback.
Clarke renders the flavor of life in Paris impeccably: the endless strikes, the sadistic receptionists, the crooked schemes by which the wealthy and well-connected land low-rent apartments...Clarke’s eye for detail is terrific.
Call him the anti-Mayle. Stephen Clarke is acerbic, insulting, un-PC and mostly hilarious.
Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond...Clarke’s sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal.
Laugh-out-loud hilarious...great interlingual puns, a vivacious spirit and a playful attitude about the absurdities of a foreign culture.
Sublime. In this entertaining third installment to his Paul West series, British journalist Clarke sets his acerbic sights on America. What makes the transcontinental romp sp much fun is Clarke’s sarcastic sendup of each city, embellishing the traditional stereotypes of each with a dry, jaded Brit wit. Peripheral characters add even more color to the madcap story
- Title: Merde Happens
- Author: Stephen Clarke
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781608195862, 9781596916296, 159691629X, 1608195864
- Resource ID: LLS:9781608195862
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:25:59Z