WTF?!: What the French

I would love to correspond or speak with M. MAGNY about this book of his. As a retired French teacher of 43 years who has visited France a dozen times and who has had and maintains friendship with some Français de souche, this book is a most realistic, honest, and factually based exposé on France and French life as it is today. Bravo for demystifying a false romanticism I've held for years based upon past glories and history. The candor of this author is enlightening!

If your head is in the romantic Paris/France of the life-style bloggers, this book probably isn't for you. However if you are curious about why people do what they do, this is the book for you. Olivier Magny cuts directly to the chase, especially on the subjects of education and immigration. It is oddly comforting to see that France is flushing itself down the same toilet that America is.This belongs in your library beside "1000 Years of Annoying the French" (Stephen Clarke) and "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" (Nadeau & Barlow).

I've been to France several times; primarily Paris & Bretagne. I found WTF funny, enlightening, & an easy read on a series of subjects broken into chapters. I also learned a lot. I would recommend it, especially for someone traveling to today's France.

Honest, humorous and full of a LOT of useful information for Francophiles. I’m really glad to have this in my collection.

Loved this book. The author's self-deprecating style & easy-to-read humor made for a great read. Having lived in France for ~14 months, so many of the anecdotes hit home. Highly recommended if you love France & the French.

interesting read

Easy to read and extremely enlightening, this book lifts the lid on the glossy travel-brochure image of France and explores the highlights and lowlights of the real France, warts and all.

Educational and humorous. An honest assessment of life in France, the good, the bad, the light the dark. An eye opening read.

I am half French but grew up in Australia - the Paris of my childhood was long summers with my grandparents… so before I get into this I’ll state that perhaps I was looking for something a little more nostalgic or optimistic. The writer starts out fairly light (although I really wouldn’t say “funny”) but unfortunately most of the book covers topics like exactly which race is responsible for which crimes in France, most immigrants not working and not assimilating into the culture, the press being brainwashing left-leaning destructors of traditional France, and how French men have been emasculated and are no longer “real” men. Oh and there’s a lot about “real” French people and entrepreneurs and the rich being victimised by French socialism and taxes. Oh and young people thinking they “deserve” a job because they completed higher education. Plus a lot about Muslim extremism and sympathy for anti-Semitic comedians. I honestly tried to keep an open mind (I always think I should when I’ve picked up a book that has values I find challenging - we should try to understand each other and not dismiss others ideas without exploring them) but when he made a joke towards the end about not being able to find Barack Obama’s birth certificate it all started to feel a bit too gross to even keep reading.This is not a light book about the quirks of French society, it’s a very angry and scared book by someone very concerned about where France is headed. It’s fine these books exist, but billing this as a set of comedic essays about the French is grossly inaccurate. There’s some dark content here and overall it just made me sad.

It's actually really funny , I can totally recommend it 😄

An easy read that gives you a quick understanding of French culture. The printing is bad though, some words are really blurry.