Forthcoming
Les Avatars du Quatre
Le quatre dans tous ses états
My next book: a journey to the heart of the number four, from the invisible to the everyday.
Forthcoming
Complete bibliography
My books
Six books in fifty-seven years. A war investigation, a collection of interviews, an essay, a memoir and two polemics: everything airtime never left me room to say. A seventh is forthcoming.
2026 · Self-published
Ras le bol de chez ras le bol
The sequel to my 2023 broadside, brought up to date with the world as it now stands. With a new chapter on war, written by someone who has seen it up close.
In print2023 · Lafont Presse Éditions
Ras le bol de fermer ma gueule
Les 4 vérités d'un grand journaliste de télé
For decades my profession required restraint. I decided to break it. A polemic, written without rhetorical caution, by a man who has seen the world up close.
In print2013 · L'Harmattan
De l'AFP à la télé
Mes 7 vies sur les points chauds du globe
My memoirs as a journalist. From Vietnam to the Vatican, from Biafra to the television news desk: the story of those I met and of what I saw.
In print1985 · France-Empire
Vive la France quand même !
Back from six years in Rome, I look at my country through the eyes of someone who has long seen it from afar. A spirited essay on the French character.
Out of print1984 · France-Empire
Ils ont réussi
Thirteen long conversations with thirteen French figures at the height of their craft, from Marguerite Yourcenar to Paul Bocuse. One question: how does one make a success of a life?
Out of print1969 · Albin Michel
La Guerre des rapaces
La vérité sur la guerre du Biafra
Two months on the Biafran front, all the way into the headquarters of the "Black Scorpion". My first book, written in the heat of events, against the received ideas of the day.
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