MERDE ACTUALLY BY STEPHEN CLARKE IN SOUTH AFRICA

 Merde Actually by Stephen Clarke   'Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle'  The Times   A year after arriving in France, Englishman  Paul West  is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French  nudist  beaches? And is it really polite to sleep with your boss's  mistress ? Paul opens his  English tea room, and mutates (temporarily) into a Parisian waiter; samples the pleasures of typically French hotel-room afternoons; and, on a return visit to the UK, sees the full horror of a  British office party  through Parisian eyes. Meanwhile, he continues his search for the perfect French mademoiselle. But will Paul find  l'amour éternel, or will it all end in  merde   ? MERDE ACTUALLY   In his second comedy of errors, Paul West continues to sabotage the entente cordiale. Author's apology:  'I'd just like to say sorry to all the suppository fans out there, because in this book there are no suppositories. There are, however, lots of courgettes, and I see this as progress. Suppositories to courgettes - I think it proves that I'm developing as a writer.' Stephen Clarke