Brian Moore’s gripping political thriller. Somewhere in an unnamed Eastern bloc country, someone is out to silence Cardinal Bern…
Lies of Silence
Written by Brian Moore
- Shortlisted
- The Booker Prize 1990
- Published by Bloomsbury
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Brian Moore’s tense drama focuses on the personal effects of The Troubles, the period of conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998
For Michael Dillon the moment comes just as he is making a decision that he expects to bring him the greatest happiness he’s ever known. An ordinary man trying to get on with his life, he now finds himself suddenly on the edge, faced with a moral choice which leaves him absolutely nowhere to turn. The expectation of happiness is replaced by a nightmare maze of dead ends.
Brian Moore
Brian Moore was born in Belfast. His novels The Doctor's Wife, The Colour of Blood and Lies of Silence were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize
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