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The Merde Factor
- Narrated by: Tom Allen
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going très wrong: His apartment is so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike. His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. And thinks that sexually harassing his female employees is a basic human right. And Paul's gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him.
Threatened with eviction, unemployment and bankruptcy, Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan....
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-17
Loved the story.
Didn't enjoy the perturbed at much as the first book of merde. Loved the story and the way it is written.
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- Richard
- 19-12-16
Great book let down by the performance
Afraid Tom Allens performance doesn't seem to fit the character Paul unlike Michael Praed who read A Year in the Merde, so didn't enjoy Merde Factor as much, despite enjoying him on Radio 4. If you enjoyed A Year in the Merde, this is an extension of Paul West's adventures and mis-adventures in France this time often with Jake in tow. Read the book some years ago and remembering how much I enjoyed it thought I would get the audio to enjoy in the car.
An entertaining book especially as a holiday read, in this case a less so enjoyable read.
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- Cat
- 18-02-15
Pointless and not funny
Not funny, not evocative of Paris and full of painful stereotypes and unlikeable characters whilst being racist and clichéd towards the French.
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- Matthew
- 19-07-13
Bored....
What would have made The Merde Factor better?
I could only manage a few minutes at the beginning it was so very boring. Nothing grabbed my attention, quickly turned off!
Would you ever listen to anything by Stephen Clarke again?
I enjoyed "reading" Merdé and Merdé actually, 1000 things etc, I just wonder if listening to them makes it less entertaining?
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