REVIEW – The singer is celebrated by a remarkable biography in the form of an investigation. From the gifted child of the piano to the Californian hermit.
Michel Polnareff celebrates his 80th birthday on July 3. From his Californian residence, is France’s most famous exile preparing a surprise for his fans? Is he orchestrating one of the comebacks he has been known for since settling in the United States nearly 40 years ago? No one knows… In the meantime, here he is honored with a new biography. Documented, in-depth and stimulating, Michel Polnareff. A prince as a hostage (L’Archipel), is signed by the journalist Ludovic Perrin. “I accepted this proposal because I really grew up with Polnareff’s music”he explains.
The book takes the form of a real chase on the trail of an artist who has always been a mystery. “At one point, he was said to be locked up in a clinic, then he was found in a bar-tabac in Seine-et-Marne, he did everything.” The man had concentrated most of his hits before he even reached his thirties. “There is Michel and Polnareff, they are two different peopleexplain…
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