Books, Arts & Manners: Born-Again Socialist

The Black and the Red: Francois Mitterrand—The Story of an Ambition, by Catherine Nay (Harcourt Brace, 404 pp., $19.95)

Francois Mitterrand may well remain president of France for another eight years, and hence in charge of the defense and foreign policy of our most dependable ally. For that reason alone Catherine Nay’s magnificent biography* demands attention. But apart from that, there are few lives in fiction that can rival the surprises, mysteries, color, and achievements of the life of Mitterrand.

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The Black and the Red: Francois Mitterrand—The Story of an Ambition, by Catherine Nay (Harcourt Brace, 404 pp., $19.95)

Francois Mitterrand may well remain president of France for another eight years, and hence in charge of the defense and foreign policy of our most dependable ally. For that reason alone Catherine Nay’s magnificent biography* demands attention. But apart from that, there are few lives in fiction that can rival the surprises, mysteries, color, and achievements of the life of Mitterrand.