"A year in the Merde"

Mon premier post sur mon livre de chevet actuel...

Un livre en anglais, écrit par le britannique Stephen Clarke.
Désolée pour les non anglophone mais ce qui va suivre ne va pas leur être très compréhensible... En même temps, le livre est en anglais donc ne vas pas forcément les intéresser non plus...

From Publishers Weekly
Take a self-assured Brit with an eye for the ladies, drop him in the middle of Paris with a tenuous grasp of the language and you have Clarke's alter ego, Paul West, who combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond. Hired to oversee the creation of a French chain of British tearooms, Clarke, aka West, spends nine months—the equivalent of a French business year—stumbling his way through office politics à la française. Clarke's sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal, from ordering a cup of coffee to picking up a loaf of bread at the boulangerie. Luck is by West's side as he moves into a stunning apartment (with his boss's attractive daughter), but he has to be careful where he steps, as he finds he "began to branch out from literal to metaphorical encounters of the turd kind." Between conspiring colleagues, numerous sexual escapades (he deems French porn "unsexy" since "Being French, they had to talk endlessly before they got down to action") and simply trying to order a normal-sized glass of beer, West quickly learns essential tricks to help him keep his head above the Seine. Originally self-published in Paris, Clarke's first book in a soon-to-be-series is funny and well-written enough to appeal to an audience beyond just Francophiles. Agent, Susanna Lea at Susanna Lea Associates. (May)

J'espère que ce petit apperçu vous aura mis en appétit. Perso, je trouve le livre trop drôle, plein d'humour anglais et de clichés mis à mal ou bien renforcés !
Si vous l'avez lu aussi, ou si vous comptez le lire après cet article, n'hésitez pas à m'en parler !

Sinon, pour ceux qui ont ou vont aimer, Stephen nous a aussi concocté "Merde Actually" et "In the Merde for Love". Je compte bien les l ire aussi mais un peu plus tard, pour éviter l'effet "overdose"... Par contre, pareil, si vous connaissez, n'hésitez pas à laisser un commentaire !