Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Brian Moore
Born: August 25, 1921
Died: January 11, 1999 (aged 77)
Bio: Brian Moore, who has been described as "one of the few genuine masters of the contemporary novel", was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States.
Known for:
- Judith Hearne (1955)
- Lies of Silence (1990)
- The Doctor's Wife (1976)
- The Magician's Wife (1997)
- The Emperor of Ice-Cream (1965)