Used book – J'allais vous dire... Journal apocryphe d'un Président, Philippe Barret

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Apocryphal Diary of a President "There was no shortage of comments about this 'I was going to tell you...' which reappears today. There was much speculation about the author's identity before it was known. It was often wondered whether the work was favorable to the President of the Republic or whether, on the contrary, it was a damning indictment against him. The rest, which is essential in my eyes, was generally overlooked. And the rest, all the rest, is literature.

[...] Over the days that mark the period between May 10, 1981, and March 28, 1993 [...], I thought that with this material, by following his style, we would have the collected elements of a psychological portrait that would shed a true light on the events. There will also sometimes be a feeling of justification. The cause lies in the genre I chose, not in my intentions. Everyone will judge for themselves."

Philippe Barret