 Due to his past as a Vichy collaborationist, he had to use a pseudonym in order to publish his first novel "Et la planète sauta..." in 1946.Ten years later, he released the novel "Le Mouton Enragé" under the pen name Roger Blondel, adapted to the cinema in 1974 as "Love at the Top" and featuring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jane Birkin.His other well known novels include "Bradfer et l'éternel" (1964), "Un endroit nommé la vie" (1973) and "Graffiti" (1975).""