Overview

• The 250‑page autobiography, published by Flammarion and co‑written with journalist Pauline Faure, traces Girac’s life from The Voice to his recovery after the shooting.
• In a TV interview on Quotidien, Girac said he had been drinking heavily, handled a revolver he believed was a collector’s item, and unintentionally fired it.
• He was treated at the Bordeaux university hospital after the chest wound, which did not hit vital organs, and he later returned to performing.
• The Mont‑de‑Marsan prosecutor opened a voluntary homicide investigation after the incident, then closed the case two months later.
• Girac says he has been sober since the event, writes that a surgeon told him he had a one‑in‑a‑thousand chance of surviving, and presents the book as a warning about alcohol for young people.