The French They Are A Funny Race

The French They are a Funny RaceYou might not think it to look at me, but I've never been to France. Up until recently, I had been saving la belle France as a sort of Disneyland for my declining years, on the theory that she had the power to make old men young. But now I'm not so sure. The reason for my uncertainty is a small paperbound volume called Manuel de Conversation du Touriste en France, or French for the Traveler, that I picked up second-hand at a bookstall.In all fairness to its author...