His memoir on this subject, Enfant de salaud, was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt in 2021.

He worked as a journalist for the newspaper from 1973 until 2007, where, among other things, he covered events in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan.

In 1988 he received the Albert-Londres Prize for his articles on Northern Ireland and the Klaus Barbie trial.

[5] Since his departure from Libération, he has worked for the satirical-investigative newspaper Le Canard enchaîné.

[1] After a long career in journalism, he turned to literature; he wrote Le Petit Bonzi in 2005, thinking that it would be his first and last novel.