Drôle de jeu is a prize winning 1945 French novel by Roger Vailland first published by Éditions Corrêa. The work explores the ironies of the French Resistance.
![]() later 1960s Le Livre de Poche edition of the novel | |
Author | Roger Vailland |
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Language | French |
Publisher | Éditions Corrêa |
Publication date | 1945 |
Publication place | France |
It was published in English in a translation by Gerard Hopkins as Playing with Fire by Chatto & Windus in 1948.[1] Although Vailland later tried to play down the autobiographical elements in the novel, these have been documented by his biographers.[2]