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Racy Novel by France’s Finance Minister has Even the French Blushing

Some ribald passages in the book are titillating the body politic, and drawing barbs about how he finds room for the hobby when many residents are struggling

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire at home in Paris joel saget/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
By Noemie Bisserbe
 and Sam Schechner

PARIS—In this land that celebrates public intellectuals, politicians have long embraced poetry and other artistic pursuits. Few have leaned in with such naked abandon as Bruno Le Maire.

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