The statement - Hardcover

MOORE, Brian

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Synopsis

Seventy-year-old Pierre Brossard, a former pro-Fascist militia officer, has five decades in hiding, with the aid of church and government officials but suddenly finds himself the target of a new breed of government official and justice-seeking assassins. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review

The backdrop of The Statement is worth a historical book alone. After Nazi Germany occupied France, many Frenchmen took a direct hand in the deportation of more than 80,000 Jews. Following the war, some -- Paul Touvier among them -- were convicted of treason, pardoned in the 1970s, and then rearrested and jailed. Brian Moore takes off from there with a thrilling fictional account of Pierre Brossard, who lives a shadowy life, flees from pursuers and confronts some of France's most vexing questions from an horrific time in its history.

About the Author

Brian Moore is the author of eighteen novels and was short-listed for the Booker Prize three times. He died in 1999.

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