Today’s book review is the latest installment in author Stephen Clarke’s “Merde” series. My review copy of Dial M for Merdewas graciously provided by the good people at Open Road Media Marketing. Special thanks to Kayla Shaw at Open Road for reaching out and inviting me to review the book.

If you’re not familiar with the “Merde” books (A Year in the Merde, In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens), you really should be. They’re a very fun collection of quirky, goofy tales about the exploits of Paul West, a British ex-pat living in France. The books are a series of first-person narratives that read, like the best fiction, in a style that feels semi-autobiographical (the author, Stephen Clarke, is himself a Brit living in Paris). At least, they feel that way right up until the inevitable bizarre hijinks start. Then, well, they just feel like funny, silly fiction – in the best possible way.
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