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  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’

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  ‘The finest thriller of his distinguished career. The Statement is an unputdownable, rollercoaster ride’

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  First published in Great Britain 1997

  This electronic edition published in January 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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