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Brighton rock

Graham Greene

1968243 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1968
first published
  • 1968Heinemann Educational · 243 pages · ENGISBN 9780435179373
  • 1975Penguin Books · 246 pages · ENGISBN 9780140004427
  • 1981Viking Press · 309 pages · ENGISBN 9780670191536
  • 1993Knopf · 299 pages · ENGISBN 9780679420347
  • 2002Vintage · 246 pages · ENGISBN 9780099287360
  • 2004Penguin Books · 270 pages · ENGISBN 9780142437971
  • 2011Vintage · 269 pages · ENGISBN 9780099541684
  • 2000Penguin Books Ltd · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780141182445

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.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching
AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead
ComplexityLayered

When and where

ThemesJustice
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