The Statement Summary - Brian Moore - Magill Book Reviews

This fine novel by Belfast-born Brian Moore 1921-1999 is based on history - for 45 years from 1944 the French Catholic Church both hid and funded Paul Touvier 1915-1996 a fugitive antisemitic Nazi collaborator who had murdered Jews. He was finally captured in Nice, hidden by the *ultra-orthodox* Tridentine SSPX gang of retired Dakar Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre [ the French neo-fascists at prayer ]. President Charles De Gaulle was right - when lobbied for pardon for Touvier he retorted - *Douze Balles dans le Peau* [ firing squad ] The Statement Summary - Brian Moore - Magill Book Reviews