{"product_id":"merde-at-the-paris-olympics-going-for-ptanque-gold-9782958566326","title":"Merde at the Paris Olympics: Going for P?tanque 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 pétanque 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 Provençal 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\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782958566326","brand":"Paf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43008268861555,"sku":"9.78296E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a9beb36c-4f8e-40ac-98ee-5becc0b9ce65.jpg?v=1745322003","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/merde-at-the-paris-olympics-going-for-ptanque-gold-9782958566326","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}