French Finance Minister Writes Racy Novel

Wall Street Journal: “Several explicit sex scenes in the new book by Le Maire, the French finance minister, have given the book a flush of attention and forced the government of President Emmanuel Macron to explain how one of its most senior members has time to write novels when people are struggling with high food and energy prices.”

“Le Maire, a 54-year-old with silver hair and piercing blue eyes, has responded not with an apology but by defending his personal passion for the written word. For him, he said, creative writing is an essential escape that for decades has been as much a part of him as his day job setting deficit targets and passing stimulus packages.”