Brighton rock
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Word Count
67,500 words, Guess
Page Count
270 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3321863M
- ISBN-100142437972
- OCLC Control Number56738634
- OCLC Control Numberbrightonrock0000gree_c7s8
- Library of Congress Control Number2004275123
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- Goodreads409376
- LibraryThing7137
Classifications
- DDC823/.912
- LCCPR6013.R44 B7 2004
Description
An atmospheric crime thriller featuring a teenage sociopath intent on becoming the underworld boss of Brighton. Having murdered a man who had betrayed his gang the young gangster Pinky Brown tries to covers his tracks but circumstances never seem to go his way and he becomes ever more desperate, even going so far as to marry a young girl who witnessed the shooting, it being the law at that time that a man’s wife could not be forced to testify against him.
Description
In this classic novel of murder and menace, Graham Greene lays bare the soul of a boy of seventeen who stalks Brighton's tawdry boardwalk with apathy on his face and murder in his heart. Pinkie, the boy with death at his fingertips, is not just bad, he worships in the temple of evil, just as his parents worshipped in the house of God. Crime, in his dark mind, is a release so deep and satisfying that he has no need for drink or women or the love of his fellows. He is an astounding character, sinister and fascinating. -- From the cover.
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Series Statement
- Penguin classics
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