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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | 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. |
 | | Moore based Brossard on an actual person, Paul Touvier, and the story's essentials, from the assistance of the Church to the presidential pardon, are all historical, though Touvier was captured in 1989 and died in prison. |
 | | Moore has created such a convincing character that the readers have no ethical issues when thinking of Brossard --he was evil, and deserves to be punished, but, it is up to each reader to decide which punishment the ex-officer deserves. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452276322?v=glance (2358 words) |
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