{"product_id":"merde-at-the-paris-olympics-stephen-clarke-9782958566326","title":"Merde at the Paris Olympics: Going for P騁anque Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Some really excellent one-liners and a great story.\" Ian Moore, author, Death \u0026amp; Croissants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This novel is hysterical!\" Rebecca Leffler, writer and Creative Consultant on the Netflix TV series Emily in Paris, .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the author of A Year in the Merde and 1000 Years of Annoying the French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglishman Paul West is living in Paris (where he arrived long before Emily, by the way) and he's gearing up for the 2024 Olympics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul accepts a job with a French group who are campaigning to get p騁anque adopted as an official Olympic event. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Paul's opinion, throwing lumps of lead around while drinking pastis is barely a sport - it's more an excuse for Proven軋l men to avoid cooking dinner. But he needs the cash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile Paul falls in love with a French tech genius - who thinks he's an idiot (which, compared to her, he is) - and he tangles with his treacherous ex, Elodie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul also applies for French nationality and has to embark on a war of attrition with France's Napoleonic bureaucrats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the background, Paul's friend Jake the grunge poet decides that the Olympics and Paralympics discriminate against lazy people, and invents the \"Nolympics\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet the fun and games begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2958566323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782958566326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.62d","brand":"Stephen Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634276561151,"sku":"9782958566326","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4563ed9-562f-4d12-9d31-e61a633cca5b.jpg?v=1703588465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/merde-at-the-paris-olympics-stephen-clarke-9782958566326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}