Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

" Clarke renders the flavor of life in Paris impeccably: the endless strikes, the sadistic receptionists, the crooked schemes by which the wealthy and well-connected land low-rent apartments... Clarke's eye for detail is terrific." -- "Washington"" Post"
" Call him the anti-Mayle. Stephen Clarke is acerbic, insulting, un-PC and mostly hilarious." -- "San Francisco"" Chronicle"
" Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond... Clarke's sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal." -- "Publishers Weekly"

"Clarke renders the flavor of life in Paris impeccably: the endless strikes, the sadistic receptionists, the crooked schemes by which the wealthy and well-connected land low-rent apartments Clarke's eye for detail is terrific."--"Washington"" Post"
"Call him the anti-Mayle. Stephen Clarke is acerbic, insulting, un-PC and mostly hilarious."--"San Francisco"" Chronicle"
"Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond Clarke's sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal."--"Publishers Weekly""

Clarke renders the flavor of life in Paris impeccably: the endless strikes, the sadistic receptionists, the crooked schemes by which the wealthy and well-connected land low-rent apartments Clarke's eye for detail is terrific. "Washington Post"

Call him the anti-Mayle. Stephen Clarke is acerbic, insulting, un-PC and mostly hilarious. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond Clarke's sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal. "Publishers Weekly""

"Clarke renders the flavor of life in Paris impeccably: the endless strikes, the sadistic receptionists, the crooked schemes by which the wealthy and well-connected land low-rent apartments...Clarke's eye for detail is terrific." --Washington Post

"Call him the anti-Mayle. Stephen Clarke is acerbic, insulting, un-PC and mostly hilarious." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond...Clarke's sharp eye for detail and relentless wit make even the most quotidian task seem surreal." --Publishers Weekly

The best-selling author of A Year in the Merde offers a tongue-in-cheek guide to understanding the French, in a series of essays, each illustrating a theme, followed by or interspersed with essential French phrases, anecdotes, and advice. 50,000 first printing.