Overview
- The 216‑page memoir from Fayard, released today, recounts day by day the roughly three weeks Sarkozy spent at Paris’s Santé prison, which he says he largely wrote during his detention.
- Sarkozy launched the book with a signing in a 16th‑arrondissement bookstore and signaled further meetings with readers nationwide, as French outlets reported strong preorders including a No. 1 spot on Amazon before publication.
- The text mixes religious reflections and personal routine with pointed political commentary, including a call with Marine Le Pen in which he says he would not join a future republican front against the RN and assessments of figures across the spectrum.
- Victims’ relatives from the 1989 DC‑10 bombing, parties civiles in the Libyan financing case, said they were “affligées” by the passage on their courtroom testimony that Sarkozy calls among the most emotional moments.
- Sarkozy remains under judicial supervision following his September conviction and 20 days in custody, with his appeal set for March 16 to June 3, 2026, and all defendants now free after Alexandre Djouhri’s release under supervision.