 "L'automne à Pékin", which also had a love story at its heart but was somewhat more complex, also failed to sell well.Frustrated by the commercial failure of his works, Vian vowed he could write a best-seller and wrote the hard-boiled novel "I Spit on Your Graves" ("J'irai cracher sur vos tombes") in only 15 days.The book was ascribed to a fictitious American writer, Vernon Sullivan, with Vian credited as translator.