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  Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French

  by Jean-Benoi?t Nadeau

  At last, a fresh take on a country that no one can seem to understand. The French smoke, drink and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than Americans. They take seven weeks of paid vacation per year, yet have the world’s highest productivity index. From a distance, modern France looks like a riddle. But up close, it all makes sense. Sixty Million Frenchmen... (more)