''Drôle de jeu'' is a prize winning 1945 French novel by

Roger Vailland Roger Vailland (; 16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Biography Vailland was born in Acy-en-Multien, Oise. His novels include the prize winning ''Drôle de jeu'' (1945), ''Les mauvais coups'' (194 ...

first published by Éditions Corrêa. The work explores the ironies of the French Resistance. It was published in English in a translation by Gerard Hopkins as ''Playing with Fire'' by

Chatto & Windus Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten. Following Hotten's death, the firm would reorganize under the names of his busines ...

in 1948. Although Vailland later tried to play down the autobiographical elements in the novel, these have been documented by his biographers.Lloyd Collaboration and Resistance in Occupied France
p.157 Roger Vailland and the resistance novel
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1945 French novels Novels set during World War II Novels set in France Prix Interallié–winning works {{1940s-WWII-novel-stub