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Talk to the Snail

Ten Commandments for Understanding the French

by Stephen Clarke

Talk to the Snail

Hardcover, 262 pages, St Martins Pr, List Price: $15.95 | purchase

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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.

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