Will Gilles Boyer be better known to the French as a writer of essays, novels and thrillers than as a politician? However, he, who was an adviser to Alain Juppe and then to Edouard Philippe, has been navigating the waters of politics for almost twenty-five years, while he only started writing fifteen years ago. Yes, but Gilles Boyer prefers shadow to light. As the protagonist of his latest book, Russian night (JCLattès). This thriller mixes espionage, politics and friendship. He had that idea at Matignon. A great reader of John Le Carré and many spy stories, he was surprised. “I, that everything is available here, what if I were a spy?”This story of political friendship clearly resonates with his own history. He knows it, there is a bit of him in the main character. “Especially the taste of shadow.” And this need, sometimes, to be alone to think and read.
Gilles Boyer has a huge advantage…
Source: Le Figaro
