The end of the story in 200 expressionswhich dented the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, and had been deprogrammed by Le Robert, will be published by Flammarion.
A book co-signed by the radio columnist Guillaume Meurice, who scratched the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, and who had been deprogrammed by Le Robert, will be published by Flammarion, we learned on Tuesday from this publishing house.
Flammarion confirmed to AFP information from the magazine Telerama about this change of editor. The end of the story in 200 expressions, written by Guillaume Meurice, a star of France Inter, and Nathalie Gendrot, was to be released in September by Le Robert editions. This publisher is a subsidiary of Editis and therefore of Vivendi, which belongs to Vincent Bolloré. But this book never saw the light of day.
Editis had noted the risk of legal proceedings for defamation or insult, in particular in a humorous passage evoking Vincent Bolloré. The group wanted to modify several passages. The author firmly refused, before going to a competitor, Flammarion, which belongs to the Madrigall group (Gallimard, POL, Minuit, Denoël, J’ai lu, etc.).
A “preface” by Guillaume Meurice
The End Word of the story: 201 expressions to impress the gallery is due out March 1, with a banner that will read, “The Book You Almost Never Read.” “It’s a return home for Guillaume Meurice, who has already been published by Flammarion,” the publisher of this book, Guillaume Robert, told AFP.
“As I adore books of French expressions, it was blessed bread: a book that everyone was talking about, for which all of Paris called the authors. Once the contract with Le Robert was terminated, they saw a lot of publishers. I wanted to tell them about the book, before discussing the case,” he added.
The entire layout has been reviewed, and an expression has been added in order to be able to give a different title. The book will contain a “pre-preface” by Guillaume Meurice where he will detail the controversy and the change of publisher.