50 Reasons to Hate the French

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50 Reasons to Hate the French: Vive La Difference? is a humorous book by Jules Eden and Alex Clarke that takes an irreverent look at French politics, food, geography, business, and history, in order to delineate just what makes France so "exceptionnel".[1] Published in London on August 3, 2006 by Quetzal Publishing, it has since been released in the United States by Ivan R. Dee.

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The book is arranged into fifty chapters, each one examining some aspect of France from politics to sports to cuisine to history to pop music. While this is a book of journalistic humour, the authors substantiate their views throughout with tables, facts and quotes.

Writing in The Literary Review of April 2006, critic Alexander Waugh described the book:

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References

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  1. Herald Tribune: New Books Herald Tribune, September 15, 2007
  2. Eden, Jules and Clarke, Alex. 50 Reasons to Hate French: Vive La Difference? Template:Webarchive (2006) Quetzal Publishing Template:ISBN. Courtesy link to introduction on book's website

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