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To be Franc: Why We Love to Hate the French

To be Franc: Why We Love to Hate the French


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Even though we've been at each other's throats for hundreds of years, we still love nothing better than having a good go at our frog-legged friends across the Channel. Here, acerbic satirist and dedicated Francophile Simon Carr casts his sympathetic yet determined eye over the main bones of contention - from philosophy and war to language and sexual deviance. Without ever resorting to cheap tricks or playground tactics, Carr elegantly points out that by the time we'd developed our famous justice system the French were still putting animals on trial; that in France's golden military age, the eighteenth century, we won 39 out of 45 of all battles fought between us; and, that the world's language, English, has more words, nuance and flexibility than French, the language of philosophy, could ever begin to express. In short, when it comes down to it, we win against the French on almost every score. For anyone looking for an unbeatable arsenal of ammunition to use against our supercilious neighbours - on holiday, while renovating a farmhouse or round the dinner table - or just a jolly good laugh at their expense, this is the book. Praise for "The Boys Are Back in Town": 'Achingly funny and almost unbearably moving' - "Daily Mail". 'Carr's brilliantly written account of life as a single parent should become a required manual on parenting' - "The Sunday Times". 'Both men and women need his confident, politically incorrect but thoroughly realistic assertions' - "Independent".

About the Author :
Simon Carr is the bestselling author of The Gripes of Wrath. He has been The Independent's parliamentary sketch writer and columnist since 2000, and was described by Tony Blair as 'the most vicious sketch writer working in Britain today'. In the 1980s he helped launch The Independent, and was a speech writer for the prime minister of New Zealand from 1992 to 1994. His working principle is 'Indignation keeps us young'. His previous books include The Boys Are Back in Town and a very peculiar novel The Hop Quad Dolly which is, by popular demand, out of print.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781845297374
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Constable
  • Height: 190 mm
  • Width: 125 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845297377
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: Why We Love to Hate the French


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