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In summary, ''Merde Actually'' is terrifically amusing, laugh out loud funny in places, and an all-round wonderful rove about France. In terms of its storyline, there is a well composed thread that is plenty big enough to hold your interest (though I would have to say I personally was just reading the text between paragraphs that made me drop the book in hysterics) and the characters are simply splendid and riotously three-dimensional.
If you have worked your way through [[A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke|A Year In The Merde]] and enjoyed it as much as I did, you will definitely want to read ''Merde Actually''. If reference travel with a bit of humour thrown in (rather than humour with a bit of travel thrown in) is your thing, take a look at [[Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson]]. I must also suggest [[A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle]] because it would be wrong not to and as with the further reading section on my review for ''A Year In The Merde'' you may wish to try ''McCarthy's Bar'' and, funnier still, ''The Road To McCarthy'' both by Pete McCarthy. Completely apart from the travel theme, but if you are looking for a belly-laugh, you may want to investigate the scribblings of Mil Millington, namely ''Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About'', a sample of which can be seen on his [http://www.mil-millington.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/things.html website].
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