The Statement
by Moore, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0747524009
- ISBN 13
- 9780747524007
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Brian Moore was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1921. He served with the Ministry of War in North Africa, Italy, and France during the Second World War. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 and worked as a newspaper reporter for the Montreal Gazette from 1948 until 1952. While living in Canada, Moore wrote his first three novels, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne , The Feast of Lupercal , and The Luck of Ginger Coffey , the first two set in Belfast, the third in Montreal. In 1959 he moved to the United States, but Canada continued to play a role in his later novels, including I Am Mary Dunne , The Great Victorian Collection , and Black Robe . His many honours included two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction. Brian Moore died in Malibu, California, in 1999. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11011
- Title
- The Statement
- Author
- Moore, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0747524009
- ISBN 13
- 9780747524007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- France Fiction Historical Brossard Pierre
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / World War Literature;
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