by Brian Moore
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
‘The novel is near perfection. The elegance and clarity of style rides in perfect harmony with the subtlety and depth of feeling . . . a novel of mature assurance and brilliant insight that must make it one of the outstanding works of fiction of the year’
THE TIMES
‘A splendidly bracing experience’
NEW STATESMAN
NO OTHER LIFE
When Father Paul Michel, a missionary on the poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a young local boy from abject poverty, he unwittingly sets him on the road towards a dramatic and dangerous future. For Jeannot grows up to become a visionary priest and, later, the first democratically elected leader in a country previously accustomed to dictatorships. As Jeannot rises in power and makes deadly enemies of the corrupt army, the mulatto elite, drug dealers and the Catholic Church, Father Michel reluctantly finds himself drawn into a drama of faith and politics. ‘In this explosive book, Moore brings a world pulsating to life, with vivid descriptive writing and a series of beautifully accurate vignettes’
FINANCIAL TIMES
‘The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness . . . Moore can push the reader’s mind against its own extremities’
GUARDIAN
‘Comprehensive, delicate and mysterious’
OBSERVER
THE STATEMENT
Condemned to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, Pierre Brossard has lived in the shadows for more than forty years. Now, at last, his past is threatening to catch up with him. A new breed of government officials is determined to break decades of silence and expose the crimes of Vichy. Under the harsh glare of the Provençal sun, Brossard is forced to abandon the monastery where he has been hiding and turn to old friends for support – but can he really outrun his past?
Based on the real-life case of Paul Touvier, a French war criminal long protected by Church and government officials, The Statement combines profound moral questions with 5 flawless plotting and breathless suspense
‘Once you have opened its firrst page you won’t be able to stop reading. A superbly plotted story with a brilliant twist’
A.N. WILSON, EVENING STANDARD
‘Blends conscience and guilt with fast-moving storytelling. Brian Moore is a man of profound human insight as well as a master storyteller’
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
‘The finest thriller of his distinguished career. The Statement is an unputdownable, rollercoaster ride’
BELFAST TELEGRAPH
THE MAGICIAN’S WIFE
France, 1856: Emmeline Lambert is married to an illusionist sent by Napoleon III to persuade the Arabs – poised for holy war and in thrall to charismatic leaders – that France’s might and magic are the greater. Emmeline begins to
feel like an illusionist herself when she dazzles the Emperor and then sheds her inhibitions along with 5 flimsy notions of patriotism and propriety. Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from a master storyteller.
‘Moore is a magician’
LOS ANGELES TIMES
‘A spellbinding storyteller’
INDEPENDENT
‘A tour de force, Moore has left no seams between reality and fiction. Flashing his own sleight of hand, he transforms historical fact into a story both true to its time and relevant to the present day’
NEW YORK TIMES
First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1968
This electronic edition published in January 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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