An integral part of contemporary mythology, power, like life, is a dramatic comedy. The author finds himself center stage in the Prime Minister's cabinet, during a key period of French political life: cohabitation. Through a series of portraits and characters he paints a true portrait of the powerful actors behind the scenes as well as a first-hand document on the formation of the new PAF, or French Audiovisual Landscape. The journal of a trip to Matignon.

José Frèches was a Communications Advisor to Jacques Chirac at Matignon.