In bookstores from March 12, the book Pierre Bénichou, a figure of speech. A work by Benjamin Puech, published by Le Rocher. Around 20 euros.
Drawing on dozens of testimonies and unpublished archives, Benjamin Puech, journalist at Le Figaro, offers us, on the spot, a tender biographical stroll, which retraces the journey of this flamboyant spirit, announces the editor who thus presents the book :
“« Today I don’t see equivalent personalities, in freedom, in madness, in humor. » Who were these compliments from Frédéric Beigbeder addressed to?
-Native of Oran, soul of the “New Obs” of the great era, close friend of Coluche and Gainsbourg, prince of Parisian nights, close to Mitterrand, voice of the “Grosses Têtes”, star of Michel Drucker’s red sofa, fine reader… Pierre Bénichou, alias “Le Beau Pedro Roi du Tango” or “Bob du Grand Huit”, nicknames dear to listeners of Europe 1 and RTL, remains an unclassifiable and above all unforgettable figure.
To tell the story of this character who is more secret than he seemed, Laurent Ruquier, Philippe Labro, Franz-Olivier Giesbert, Jean-Paul Enthoven, Philippe Geluck and even François Hollande “raised their finger!”
