 His book "The Traitor," translated from the French by J.F.Bernard and published by Doubleday and Company was written and published during his time in Atlanta (1973); it was published under another pseudonym, Lavr Divomlikoff (a reshuffling of the letters of his name).Volkoff's 1979 novel "Le retournement" ("The Turnaround") earned him international acclaim and was translated into a dozen languages.