After the success of his records, glory in bookstores. Pagny by Florentautobiography of singer Florent Pagny, between childhood, career and lung cancer, sold nearly 32,000 copies in three days, indicates the publishing house Fayard, citing the reference institute GfK.
The book was printed in 160,000 copies, said the same source, confirming information from BFMTV. The 61-year-old popular singer with 15 million records sold had announced himself on his social networks in January 2022 to suffer from a “cancerous tumor” in the “lung” which “cannot be operated on. »
Reassuring news followed. Before the star announces a recurrence in early April to the newspaper 20 Hours of France 2 with a ganglion which has “fixed” and earned him new chemotherapy. “It’s going really well,” he reassured the JT. Anyway, I will always be in control (…) I will have to follow [une thérapie] for some years “. “If we start to lock ourselves in this disease, it is not possible,” he added. And to salute the “tsunami of love” generated by his fans since the revelation of his illness.
Youthful loves
His book is not just about cancer. The singer confides in the blossoming of his voice. “I would say I was born a second time that day. I am so happy ! I am eleven years old and I now know what my life will be like. Sing”, he writes in the company of Emmanuelle Cosso, co-author, writer, lyricist and longtime friend of the singer.
The interpreter of Know how to love also looks back on his childhood love, with another star, Vanessa Paradis, but also on his significant encounters, like Johnny Hallyday. His troubles with the taxman, source of inspiration for his hit My freedom of thought (2003), are also entitled to the chapter.