George Maxwell undercover....
In 1959, Roger Dermée [1] returned to the control of a publishing house, with the S.E.P.F.E.( Société d’Editions et de Publications Françaises et Etrangères), to revive titles of the years 1949-54, in particular novels written by André Héléna. Under the logo "La Grenade", but apart from the eponymous collection, which is SEPFE's flagship collection, Georges Esposito will launch, and under differentiated signatures, the series "La Grenade Espionnage", a series which will feature only two numbers: "Ultra Secret" - signed James Mason on cover and George Mason on title page ... (note George without "s") - printed July 20, 1960, and "Avion Suspect" - signed Édouard Prin (from the maiden name of Esposito's mother!) on the cover and Georges Mason on the title page ... (note the Georges with an "s") - legal deposit 4th quarter 1960. Two works by Georges Esposito aka George Maxwell [2]
Although a third title was announced, once again the adventure stopped ... this time because of the departure of publisher Roger Dermée to Katanga as...mercenary !
Esposito finally lost his fetish editor. So he turns to his manager François Richard, who is then literary director at Editions Fleuve Noir, and asks him to be hired as author, .... It will be a refusal.
[1] see my precedent posts featuring Roger Dermée
[2] see my precedent posts featuring George Maxwell
publisher: S.E.P.F.E., 124 rue Houdan, Sceaux, France
source:amsaklapper’s collection