He began his professional life as a teacher of English and Sciences in north-western towns, then moved south to Marseille to work for one year with an import-export trading firm.
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He continued writing novels, which were often best sellers and some of which were made into movies (Je reviendrai à Kandara (1956), directed by Victor Vicas, and Mort en Fraude (1957), directed by Marcel Camus.
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