Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
paperback
Published:
7 October, 2004
Popular Books by Graham Greene
View All Books by Graham Greene
Description
Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel.
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.'
In this gripping, terrifying, and unputdownable read, discover Greene's iconic tale of the razor-wielding Pinkie.
'Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel - that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas' Ian McEwan
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099478478 |
| ISBN10 | 0099478471 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 206 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists... A master of storytelling * The Times *
Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature -- John le Carre
A superb storyteller with a gift for provoking controversy * New York Times *
I read Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel - that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas -- Ian McEwan
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.