By | August 16 2012 4:05 PM

A new book about French President Francois Hollande by one of France's star novelists Laurent Binet gives readers an insight into the Former President Nicholas Sarkozy's personality: namely that he doesn't like to be alone, gets up at 4 am, has an "unexpectedly fragile" ego, and indulges in the Churchillian habit of smoking cigars.