Why I wrote my books

My Arabic teacher once asked his students to invent little stories using the vocabulary we were learning in class. My classmates liked mine so much that these gave birth to my first book, Le Génie de l’aubergine (The Genie of the Aubergine);

Les Mémoires de Satan (The Memoirs of Satan) continues in the same mood, adding a philosophical dimension;

While working in the Middle East, I was disturbed to discover that people who preach indiscriminate violence can be very endearing on a personal level. My thriller Le Traître (The Traitor) explores this contrast;

Back in Geneva, I noticed that many of my foreign friends were intrigued by the Swiss political system, but lacked the key to understanding it. So I wrote Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners, directly in English;