Sylvain Tesson thinks that the book, which rejects him to the far right, is “riddled with errors”. The bestselling author of The Snow Panther (Renaudot Prize in 2019) was interviewed on the sidelines of the presentation of the Vinci Autoroutes Foundation's operation to distribute 25,000 paperback books in 10 motorway service areas in July and August.

“I don’t feel locked into anything. I claim my freedom so much that I claim the freedom to do things that seem to hinder it slightly.”