Overview
- Le Journal d’un prisonnier, published by Fayard about a month after his release, collects Sarkozy’s notes from roughly three weeks at La Santé.
- He writes that he spent seven to eight hours a day drafting the text in his cell, handing pages to his lawyers during visits.
- The memoir lists self-reported details of detention, including inmate number 320535 in cell no. 11 with a shower, refrigerator, hotplate and television.
- Sarkozy reiterates his denial of alleged Libyan financing and recounts personal moments from prayer on his first night to a meeting with Emmanuel Macron on 17 October.
- Reviews diverge, with L’Express faulting the tone and depth while the JDD praises a raw, resilient testimony that includes a call from Marine Le Pen and visits by LFI deputies.