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Better than I thought!
Lies of Silence is about a man who has to make very difficult choices, concerning his own life and those of other people. When the IRA makes him park a car with bomb next to the hotel where he works, he has to decide whether he will risk his own life and that of his wife or the lives of many others. And after that he has to decide whether he will risk his life by testifying against one of the gun men or allow that man to strike again. He ends up risking his own life twice. When he finally decides not to risk his life anymore, it is too late...

I really didn't feel like reading this book because I have never liked books that are about wars and conflicts all over the world. I'd rather read books that make me feel happy than books that make me feel depressed. This book left me a little depressed but I don't regret reading it! The book really got me thinking about all these issues and wondering about how I would react and which decisions I would make. I came to the conclusion that I should be very thankful that this is not happening over here, because it could happen to anyone. And I honestly don't know what I would do in a situation like this!
That is why I liked reading this book, it is not just a list of things that happened, it almost makes you feel the same things as the main character.

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A book to be recommended
Alexandra & Cristina We liked to read the book. It was full of tension. Especially at the end when you didn't know if he will help the police and identify Kev or not, it was very drammaticaly. It's good that the book hasn't a happy ending. It woudln't fit because the topic isn't delightful too. But the hole book is written in great detail so that you don't expect such a fast ending. We would also like to know what will happen to Andrea and Moira. For us it was also interesting to get to know more about the political situation in Ireland. But we can't imagine that you always have to live in fear of the bombings of the IRA.

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The Deadliest Sin
Moore was a first-rate writer in the Graham Greene mode who failed to engage the interest of the literati and is slowly fading away as a result. "Lies of Silence" is as good an example as any as to why he deserves better.

The theme is sloth, the unwillingness to spiritually engage with anything that matters. Moore takes a typical disoriented, rootless modern type and places him in a situation where he *must* engage, then ruthlessly portrays the consequences of his failure. Moore's inference that our inability to deal decisively with terrorism is directly related to the contemporary spiritual vacuum was years ahead of its time, and is not going to lose its pertinence any time soon.

Other outstanding works by Moore include "The Doctor's Wife", "The Mangan Inheritance", and "Black Robe".