by Brian Moore · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa dura · ISBN 9780747506102
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«Lies of Silence» is the suspense novel by Brian Moore, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in hardcover (194 pages, in English).
In Belfast, during the Northern Irish conflict, hotel manager Michael Dillon receives an ultimatum from the IRA: take part in a car bomb attack or his wife will die. He must choose between warning the police and saving lives or carrying out the order. Guilt, redemption, and the price of silence run through the story.
It was a finalist for the 1990 Booker Prize. First edition published in London on April 19, 1990.
A read suited to fans of literary thrillers and narratives set during the Northern Irish conflict.
Brian Moore, was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The Troubles, and has been described as "one of the few genuine masters of the contemporary novel". He was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1975 and the inaugural Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1987, and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. Moore also wrote screenplays and several of his books were made into films.
