THE STATEMENT

New York: Dutton/Penguin, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This late novel from the highly-acclaimed Northern Irish-Canadian Moore features Pierre Brossard, who, during World War II massacred 14 Jews in Vichy France, and who, with the end of the war, became a fugitive, sentenced to death in absentia. Protected by friends in high offices in the French government and the Church, Brossar has for nearly 50 years successfully escaped capture without leaving France. But now the race is nearing its finish as those who once protected him are looking for a scapegoat and a vigilante group of Holocaust avengers are on his heels. Does Brossard have one last trick to play or is it game over? First edition, first printing. About 6 x 8 3/4 inches, 250 pages bound in deep red paper-covered boards with black backstrip and gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows typewritten message on torn paper document pinned to brown fabric scrap showing Nazi swastika. Title and author are in white below graphic elements. Back panel features short excerpt from the text. Boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked; no significant or noticerable flaws or damage. No tears, no chipping or bumping. Dj not price-clipped. A collectable copy of the author's next-to-last novel.