Graham Greene
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| Title | : | Brighton Rock |
| Author | : | Graham Greene |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Vintage Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 269 pages |
| Published | : | October 7th 2004 by Vintage (first published 1938) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Mystery. Crime. Thriller |
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A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEEParticularize Books During Brighton Rock
| Original Title: | Brighton Rock |
| ISBN: | 0099478471 (ISBN13: 9780099478478) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1033601/brighton-rock/9780099478478/ |
| Characters: | Rose, Fred Hale, Ida Arnold, Pinkie Brown |
| Setting: | Brighton, England(United Kingdom) |
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Ratings: 3.73 From 23736 Users | 1331 ReviewsAppraise About Books Brighton Rock
The story is set in Brighton, a Coney Island type beach resort a day-trip by train from London. Pinkie, a young man who is pure evil, is in control of a mob-like gang. It was never quite clear to me where the actual money comes from but it appears they are making money off the numbers racket or illegal slot machines. (The novel was published in 1938.) Fred, another young man, distributes cards anonymously for a newspaper guessing game competition. Pinkie, the teenage sociopath, is hunting downI'd just finished a book about 1940s/50s Cuba, in which Graham Greene is mentioned as having visited and enjoyed a place where "one could obtain anything at will, whether drugs, or women, or goats". Since I've been meaning to read more Greene, I figured now would be a good time for Our Man in Havana. A couple days pass, things come up, apparently my memory is shit, and for some reason I start reading Brighton Rock. Hey, why the fuck not?! I'm an idiot...This book has very little to do with Cuba.
Graham Greene sometimes categorized his own novels. He drew a line between the "Entertainments" like Stamboul Train and The Third Man (none of which I've read) and the more serious "Novels." You could break it down further: he wrote some political novels like the Quiet American and Our Man in Havana, and a number of religious (Catholic) ones like Power and the Glory, End of the Affair and Brighton Rock. But they're all entertainment, is the thing with Greene. No matter what weighty matters he is
ordered this from the library so's I can read it for the Greene group thingie, but have read it back in the 60s (as a teenager). Wonder if my star count will go down (it can't go up)?...finished this on Saturday and went straight out to watch the film. Won't file my review until what is it - Feb 20th, but just to saya) my star count has not gone downb) the new film is worth watching but seek out the original, it's better. Rose is very good in the new film however.....Feb 20th - had to go out for
A lurid, compelling, and profound look at a small-time criminal enthralled with evil, the young woman he deceives, and the detective who hunts him down. Wonderfully chilling.
A great story! Fine writing!Let me begin by saying that this novel draws some materials from Greene's A Gun for Sale. Since I have not read this novel, I do not know the exact relationship between the two books, but I can tell you that this book can be read as a standalone.The edition I read featured an introduction by Jim Coetzee - the introduction though insightful about Greene's writing and religious beliefs, revealed a bit too much about the plot. I would suggest that you read the story and
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