The Statement

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 217. Black cloth lettered in gilt to spine; grey endpapers. With integral silk ribbon page marker. Precedes the US issue by a year.

A fugitive war-criminal who's been harboured by Church and State since the collapse of the Vichy regime, is being pursued with renewed vigour by a new breed of government official. Inspired by the real life case of Paul Touvier, a French Nazi collaborator who was arrested for war crimes in 1989. Filmed by Norman Jewison in 2003, with Michael Caine in the starring role.

"[A] book to be read in one sitting. A straightforward shocker, a psychological thriller, a chase and travelogue through France, a religio-political conundrum – any way you take it, this is first-class fare." –Eugen Weber, The New York Times Book Review