{"product_id":"merde-at-the-paris-olympics-going-for-petanque-gold-paperback","title":"Merde at the Paris Olympics: Going for Pétanque Gold - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780608033056,"sku":"9782958566326","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4e93bf07a504f682d5f481936b4f0bb6.webp?v=1780532400","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/merde-at-the-paris-olympics-going-for-petanque-gold-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}