"Fugue americaine" by Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, 54, is no less than the 13th book by the politician who has held his post since Macron came to power in 2017.
It describes Oskar having sex with a woman named as Julia in excitedly erotic and also deeply explicit terms. It also comes as controversy mounts over the communications of Macron's government after social economy minister Marlene Schiappa posed for Playboy, albeit mostly clothed. "This shows that there are feelings... behind the suits of the ministers," he told BFMTV, adding he had seen the erotic passage and it"made him smile".Le Maire, who has written five of his 13 books in the last four years alone, said he has no trouble mixing this double literary and political career.
In a statement on Twitter, Le Maire acknowledged that many followers were curious about"how I find the time to write while I am a minister".