The Statement (novel)

The Statement
First UK edition (publ. Bloomsbury)
AuthorBrian Moore
GenreThriller novel
PublisherBloomsbury (UK);
E.P. Dutton (U.S.)
Publication date
1995 (UK); 1996 (U.S.)
Preceded byLies of Silence (1990) 
Followed byThe Magician's Wife (1997) 

The Statement (1995) is a thriller novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. Set in the south of France and Paris in the early 1990s, The Statement is the tale of Pierre Brossard, a former officer in the pro-fascist militia that served Vichy France and a murderer of Jews. The novel was published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom in 1995 and by E.P. Dutton in the United States on 1 June 1996.