- Unknown Binding: 256 pages
- Publisher: Plume Books; Reprint edition (May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0452276322
- ISBN-13: 978-0452276321
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.6 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,810,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'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
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An innocuous white Peugeot makes its way around the monasteries of Southern France. No one would suspect its driver of being the target of commando hit-men and the gendarmerie's most wanted criminal sentenced twice to death in absentia for wartime crimes. For over forty years this fugitive has been sheltered by both the Catholic Church and the French Government. Now the net is closing in...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I read this less as a tirade against the Church than as an exploration of human frailty. Moore sets out to understand rather than to judge, and the central character, an ex-Nazi on the run being sheltered by priests, is far from a demon.
As so often with Moore, the novel has the pace of a thriller, but the serious questions it raises are very genuine ones about responsibility and judgement. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
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Both suspenseful and revelatory, Moore's story of the search for 70-year-old Maurice Brossard, a man who believes he acted righteously when he killed fourteen Jews chosen at random in Dombey, France, during World War II, reveals as much about the character of France and Frenchmen as it does about the man who killed in her name. Maurice Brossard, as a young man, was a member of the milice, an active supporter of Marshall Petain and his Vichy government. Believing that the Resistance was anti-France, consisting primarily of Communists intent upon destroying the country's traditional values, specifically the old Catholic values of the conservative church, Brossard was, for many years, afforded protection from prosecution. A resident guest in numerous abbeys and convents, he was financially supported by conservative groups representing both the church and political factions, eventually receiving a pardon by the French President.
Now, accused of crimes against humanity, he is on the run, this time not knowing who it is who hunts him. A multitude of brotherhoods, many of them secret, are revealed in all their nefarious dealings as they seek to restore the glorious heritage they believe to be at the very heart of French civilization. Conservative priests, supporters of Pope Pius XII's position during the war, schismatic groups, political organizations opposed to the chauvinism of DeGaulle, police who have crimes of their own to hide, and politicians whose own pasts are far from innocent all have an interest in Brossard's life--or death. Additionally, Jewish groups, who feel that justice has not been done, seek retribution.
The suspense here is palpable as various groups seek Brossard for their own ends, and the story is full of action, betrayal, and additional murders. What gives this novel depth is that each group fully justifies their positions on ethical, moral, and philosophical grounds. Moore presents a complex story of the complex French character in ways which are unique, and he does so within a framework of a fast-paced, intellectually challenging pursuit. Jewish readers, in particular, will find the language and attitudes reflected here to be especially offensive--and as horrifying as Moore obviously intends them to be. Mary Whipple
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An innocuous white Peugeot makes its way around the monasteries and abbeys of Southern France. No one would suspect its driver of being the target of commando hit-men, the gendarmerie's most wanted criminal or a public enemy sentenced twice to death in absentia for wartime crimes. For over forty years this fugitive has been sheltered in his own land by both Church and State. But now that he is becoming a cause célébre, and the net is closing in, what other collaborators lurk in high places, dreading exposure? Brian Moore, whose writing combines profound literary intelligence with the most compelling story-telling, has unearthed the political minefield that is the legacy of post-war France.
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Disturbing entertainment
A great writer, with a subject that in less sensitive hands would have become a more straight-forward "good against bad" story.
Published 19 months ago by Tom
Good as far as it goes...
The Statement by Brian Moore is a little more than a pursuit thriller. I stress a little more because it genuinely transcends the "who's going to do it" genre, though overall it... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Philip Spires
A Mediocre Thriller
I'm not particually impressed by this book to me it seems like a continuation of a sustained assault against the Catholic church. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2000
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