Bücher von Stephen Clarke

What are the French really like?Paul West, a young Englishman arriving in Paris to start a new job, is about to find out.

"Some really excellent one-liners and a great story." Ian Moore, author, Death & Croissants."This novel is hysterical!" Rebecca Leffler, writer and Creative Consultant on the Netflix TV series Emily in Paris,.By the author of A Year in the Merde and 1000 Years of Annoying the French.Englishman Paul West is living in Paris (where he arrived long before Emily, by the way) and he's gearing up for the 2024 Olympics.Paul accepts a job with a French group who are campaigning to get pétanque adopted as an official Olympic event. In 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.Meanwhile 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.Paul also applies for French nationality and has to embark on a war of attrition with France's Napoleonic bureaucrats.In the background, Paul's friend Jake the grunge poet decides that the Olympics and Paralympics discriminate against lazy people, and invents the "Nolympics".Let the fun and games begin.

Hayden Keyes is back in the second thrilling installment of Hayden and the Knights! A lot has changed since Hayden pulled Excalibur from the stone last year during the Battle for the Magic Hollow. It turns out that owning a legendary sword is kind of like carrying around a monster-homing beacon everywhere you go. Not pleasant. Fortunately, Hayden's become something of a monster slayer and doesn't have much to worry about. At least until Excalibur's power starts to falter, that is. When a mysterious poison pollutes the Lady of the Lake's magical waters, the Knights of the Round Table must band together more than ever if they hope to fend off this evil before it irreversibly destroys their home. Without the full power of Excalibur on his side, Hayden starts to wonder if he is strong enough for the task. Reunite with all your favorite characters in this epic adventure which takes you far beyond the protective walls of the Magic Hollow and deep into the wilds of Between as Hayden and his friends depart on a quest for the fabled Heart Spring at the Origin of Magic.