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| Young Emmanuel Macron wrote racy novel inspired by wife, claims new book | Young Emmanuel Macron wrote racy novel inspired by wife, claims new book |
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| A new biography of the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, says her husband penned a racy novel inspired by their early romance – when he was still a teenager and she his married drama teacher. | A new biography of the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, says her husband penned a racy novel inspired by their early romance – when he was still a teenager and she his married drama teacher. |
| The French president, Emmanuel Macron, who turned 40 last month, fell for Brigitte during rehearsals for a school play at the Providence high school in Amiens, and defied his parents’ disapproval to pursue the relationship with a woman 24 years his senior. | The French president, Emmanuel Macron, who turned 40 last month, fell for Brigitte during rehearsals for a school play at the Providence high school in Amiens, and defied his parents’ disapproval to pursue the relationship with a woman 24 years his senior. |
| The book, Brigitte Macron, The Liberated Woman, is to be published next week. It quotes a neighbour from Macron’s home town who says she typed up the 300-page manuscript. | The book, Brigitte Macron, The Liberated Woman, is to be published next week. It quotes a neighbour from Macron’s home town who says she typed up the 300-page manuscript. |
| “It was a daring novel, a little bit smutty. Of course, the names were not the same but I think he needed to express what he was feeling at the time,” the unnamed neighbour is quoted as saying in excerpts published by Closer magazine. | “It was a daring novel, a little bit smutty. Of course, the names were not the same but I think he needed to express what he was feeling at the time,” the unnamed neighbour is quoted as saying in excerpts published by Closer magazine. |
| A spokeswoman for Macron’s office declined to comment. | A spokeswoman for Macron’s office declined to comment. |
| In the excerpts, the typist said she had not kept a copy of the novel – perhaps sparing the blushes of a leader who has promised to clean up French politics and says he wants to restore the dignity of the presidency. | In the excerpts, the typist said she had not kept a copy of the novel – perhaps sparing the blushes of a leader who has promised to clean up French politics and says he wants to restore the dignity of the presidency. |
| But Macron would not be the only current French politician to try his hand at adult literature. | But Macron would not be the only current French politician to try his hand at adult literature. |
| In 2011, the prime minister, Édouard Philippe, co-authored Dans l’ombre (In the shadows), a political thriller laced with steamy encounters. The finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, has written a novel entitled Le Ministre (The Minister), which includes a steamy scene between the minister and his wife in Venice. | In 2011, the prime minister, Édouard Philippe, co-authored Dans l’ombre (In the shadows), a political thriller laced with steamy encounters. The finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, has written a novel entitled Le Ministre (The Minister), which includes a steamy scene between the minister and his wife in Venice. |
| Macron’s literary ambitions as a young man are well known and he wrote at least two unpublished works before authoring a book entitled Revolution during his election campaign. | Macron’s literary ambitions as a young man are well known and he wrote at least two unpublished works before authoring a book entitled Revolution during his election campaign. |
| He told the weekly magazine Le Point last year that he had not sought a publisher for the earlier works “as I was not happy with them”. | He told the weekly magazine Le Point last year that he had not sought a publisher for the earlier works “as I was not happy with them”. |
| In a separate article for the same magazine, asked by French author Philippe Besson if he regretted not becoming a writer himself, Macron replied: “My life isn’t finished yet.” | In a separate article for the same magazine, asked by French author Philippe Besson if he regretted not becoming a writer himself, Macron replied: “My life isn’t finished yet.” |
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