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Moore, Brian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0394281993 ISBN 13: 9780394281995

Casa editrice: Plume, 2003

Riassunto

An innocuous white Peugeot makes its way around the monasteries of Southern France.  No one would suspect its driver of being the target of commando hit-men and the gendarmerie's most wanted criminal sentenced twice to death in absentia for wartime crimes.  For over forty years this fugitive has been sheltered by both the Catholic Church and the French Government.  Now the net is closing in...


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Informazioni sull?autore

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.


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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Plume
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0394281993
• ISBN 13: 9780394281995
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile