Two hundred thousand copies sold out in less than 48 hours, making the kiss-and-tell book by the former mistress of the French president a publishing phenomenon.<br /><br />It has also become a subject thrown at François Hollande wherever he goes, throwing a cold shower on every public appearance. <br /><br />It even pursued him to the NATO summit in Wales and forced its way onto a more urgent agenda.<br /><br />“I’m not going to jeopardize the way I work in the service of the French people and especially the human relationship that I have with the weakest, the most humble and the poor in society. Because I’m at their service and it’s my reason for being,” said Hollande in Wales.<br /><br />An opinion poll published before the book showed Hollande at a record low approval rating of just 13 percent.
