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The Statement. Brian Moore
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Pierre Brossard is on the run. For his life. From a determined squad of unknown hit-men. From his former 'friends'. From his past. Condemend to death in absentia by French courts for crimes against humanity during the war, he has been in hiding for over forty years. Now, perhaps, justice will be done.
The backdrop of The Statement is worth a historical book alone. After Nazi Germany occupied France, many Frenchmen took a direct hand in the deportation of more than 80,000 Jews. Following the war, some -- Paul Touvier among them -- were convicted of treason, pardoned in the 1970s, and then rearrested and jailed. 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.
Catholics (Loyola Classics)
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“The story is told with . . . superb grace and wit.”—The New Yorker
“If reading it upsets you, do not be surprised. . . . Moore has eliminated our standard escapes from God—a secularized Kingdom or a romanticized past.”—America “A neat and striking story.”—Times Literary Supplement In the not-too-distant future, the Fourth Vatican Council has abolished private confession, clerical dress, and the Latin Mass, and opened discussions about a merger with Buddhism. Authorities in Rome are embarrassed by publicity surrounding a group of monks who stubbornly celebrate the old Mass in their island abbey off the coast of Ireland. The
clever, assured Father James Kinsella is dispatched to set things right. At Muck Abbey he meets Abbot Tomás, a man plagued by doubt who nevertheless leads his monks in the old ways. In the hands of the masterly Brian Moore, their confrontation becomes a subtle, provocative parable of doubt and faith. Loyola Classics are new editions of acclaimed Catholic novels.
Black Robe: A Novel
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His name is Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit missionary come from Europe to the New World to bring the word of God to the heathen. He is given minimal aid by the governor of the vast territory that is proudly named New France but is in reality still ruled by the Huron, Iroquois, and Algonkin tribes who have roamed it since the dawn of time and whom the French call Savages. His mission is to reach and bring salvation to an isolatied Huron tribe decimated by disease in the far north before incoming winter closes off his path to them. His guides are a group of Savages who mock his faith and their pledges even as they accept muskets as their payment. Father Laforgue is about to enter a world of pagan power and sexual license, awesome courage and terrible cruelty, that will test him to the breaking point as both a man and a priest, and alter him in ways he cannot dream. In weaving a tautly suspenseful tale of physical and spiritual adventure in a wilderness frontier on the cusp of change, Brian Moore has written a novel that rivals Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness in its exploration of the confrontation between Western ideology and native peoples, and its meditation upon Good and Evil in the human heart.
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (New York Review Books Classics)
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul. Judith Hearne is an unmarried woman of a certain age who has come down in society. She has few skills and is full of the prejudices and pieties of her genteel Belfast upbringing. But Judith has a secret life. And she is just one heartbreak away from revealing it to the world.
The Mangan Inheritance (New York Review Books Classics)
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Not so long ago James Mangan was a brilliant young poet. These days, however, he toils as a journalist and shivers in the shadow of his glamorous movie-star wife. And now she has left him for her lover. Adrift and depressed, Jamie takes refuge with his father, in whose house he turns up a 19th-century daguerreotype bearing the initials “J.M.” and depicting a man who, as it happens, is Jamie’s spitting image. Could this be the only existing photograph of his purported ancestor, the legendarily dissolute Irish poet James Clarence Mangan? Obsessed by this strange resemblance—and aided by an unexpected financial windfall—Jamie heads to Ireland thinking at last to discover that elusive entity: himself. Instead, in the dreary coastal village of Drishane, he meets the Mangans: derelict Eileen, sullen Dinny, drunken (and shrunken) Conor, and the sexy and very available Kathleen. They know something, for sure—something to do with Jamie, and something they don’t want him to find out. The Mangan Inheritance is melodrama at its most inventive and suggestive, an inquiry into the problem of identity and the nature of ancestry that beguiles the reader with dark deeds, wild humor, and weird goings-on, on its way towards a shocking and terrifying—and utterly satisfying—conclusion.
Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All
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A scorching and deeply personal autobiography lifting the lid on the life and character of one of English rugby's most successful ever players Brian Moore, or "Pitbull" as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack, established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time when rugby was still an amateur sport. Since his retirement, he has earned a reputation as an equally uncompromising commentator, never afraid to tell it as he sees it and lash out at the money men and professionals that have made rugby into such a different beast. Yet, for all his bullishness on and off the pitch, there also appears a more unconventional, complicated side to the man. A solicitor by trade, Moore's love of fine wine, career experience as a manicurist, and preference for reading Shakespeare in the dressing room before games, mark him out as anything but the stereotypical rugby player, and in Beware of the Dog, Moore lays open with astounding frankness the shocking events, both personal and professional, that have gone towards shaping him over the years. Presenting an unparalleled insight into the mind of one of British rugby's greatest players and characters, Beware of the Dog is a uniquely engaging and upfront sporting memoir.
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Brian O'Neill brought dreams to life at GGNRA - San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - May 30, 2009
Brian O'Neill brought dreams to life at GGNRAGreg Moore, the executive director of the Golden Gate Parks Conservancy, said the highlight of O'Neill's administration was the restoration of Crissy Field into a tidal marsh. "No one was happier than Brian O'Neill," said Moore.
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Planning for success - Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia Daily Tribune, MO - May 30, 2009
Planning for successBrian Coley, right, chef and owner of Coley's American Bistro at 15 S. Sixth St. in downtown Columbia, prepares meals. Server Matt Moore, left, and Coley serve lunch to a group. Coley brushes his special vinaigrette on zucchini squash and eggplant for
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Abduction trial to begin - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - May 29, 2009
Tampa TribuneAbduction trial to beginVicente Beltran-Moreno, shown above at an earlier court hearing, is accused of abducting Parrish teenager Clay Moore at gunpoint from his bus stop in 2007. Clay gained national attention with his clever escape from his abductor. Vicente Beltran-Moreno trial to begin Monday
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Love it or leave it - Tampa Tribune
Tampa Tribune, FL - May 30, 2009
Love it or leave itThe likes of Brian P. Moore ought to sell their house, take their money and get out. There are so many countries to choose from. Moore says that under capitalism, all decisions are made by the owners of the companies or a small group of investors or an
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Prep football: Evangelical has big first half in 40-26 win over Estero - Naples Daily News
Naples Daily News, FL - May 30, 2009
Prep football: Evangelical has big first half in 40-26 win over EsteroDavis and Jason Moore alternated possessions in the first half, but Moore played the majority of the second. Aside from Moore's three turnovers, he had his bright spots as well, hitting receiver John Pencil in stride on a skinny post for a 63-yard Lynch brothers lead ECS past struggling Estero
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