Title: My 153rd victory 12 Coups de midi - Paul El Kharrat - book
Summary :
My Asperger's brain absorbs everything, gorges itself on food and information, and in return offers me exceptional memory skills and a glaring inadequacy to the society around me. It is my strength, and my handicap. I am in real life as I was seen on screen, a twenty-one-year-old alien.
When Paul, a nineteen-year-old history student, walks through the doors of the Douze coups de midi recording studio , he is determined: to win, to overcome his fears, to make his voice heard. But he is a million miles from imagining the scale of his success.
In the space of a few weeks, Paul would film more than 150 shows alongside Jean-Luc Reichmann, winning the public's support and nearly €700,000 thanks to his incredible intelligence. An impressive victory, inconceivable for someone who was not predestined for such media exposure. Indeed, Paul was diagnosed with Asperger's autism. It's his disability, something that defines him but cannot diminish him. He has made this difference his strength.
With dry humor and extraordinary sensitivity, Paul shares his story: his television adventure, but also the daily life of a young man like no other. A moving account that sheds light on a little-known syndrome.
