This account of how Nicolas Sarkozy wooed Carla Bruni is both amusing and gruesome. For instance:
Given how matters ended for Kennedy and Monroe, you would have to hope Sarko and Bruni will indeed “do better”. Anyway, who talks like this and who, even more improbably, could take it seriously?“My reputation is no worse than yours,” he told her. “I know you well without ever meeting you. I understand everything about you … You make love because no one makes love to you. I know everything about you because I am so much you.” With a hush around the table, Mr Sarkozy promised to be in the front row of a forthcoming Bruni concert. “We will announce our engagement. You will see, we will do better than Marilyn and Kennedy,” he told her.
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