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The Statement

Reissued

Brian Moore author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:7th Nov '11

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Statement cover

A reissued edition of Brian Moore's superb thriller

--'A thriller with a difference. The plot is as taught as the prose is tight - both qualities reminiscent of Graham Greene' - Sunday Express'Once you have opened its first page you won't be able to stop reading. A superbly plotted story with a brilliant twist' - A.N. Wilson 'Brian Moore is a man of profound human insight as well as a master storyteller ... the most subtle, most readable, least pushy of guides'- Sunday Telegraph--THE SUPERB THRILLER FROM BRIAN MOORE WHICH INSPIRED THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL CAINE AND TILDA SWINTON-- Pierre Brossard is on the run. For his life. From a determined squad of unknown hit-men. From his former 'friends'. From his past. Condemned to death in absentia by French courts for crimes against humanity during the war, he has been in hiding for over forty years. Now, perhaps, justice will be done.

'Once you have opened its first page you won't be able to stop reading. A superbly plotted story with a brilliant twist' * A.N. Wilson *
'A thriller with a difference. The plot is as taught as the prose is tight - both qualities reminiscent of Graham Greene' * Sunday Express *
'A thriller in which crises of conscience are as tense as the escalating manhunt' * Guardian *
'The Statement blends conscience and guilt with fast-moving storytelling. Brian Moore is a man of profound human insight as well as a master storyteller ... the most subtle, most readable, least pushy of guides' * Sunday Telegraph *

ISBN: 9781408826171

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 212g

256 pages