Brighton Rock
by:
Graham Greene (author)
A gang war is raging through the dark, seedy underwolrd of Brighton. Pinkie, fighting for leadership, is only seventeen, yet he has already proved his ruthlessness in thje brutal killing of Hale, a journalist. Untouched by human feeling, Pinkie is isolated from the rest of the world, a figure of...
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A gang war is raging through the dark, seedy underwolrd of Brighton. Pinkie, fighting for leadership, is only seventeen, yet he has already proved his ruthlessness in thje brutal killing of Hale, a journalist. Untouched by human feeling, Pinkie is isolated from the rest of the world, a figure of pure evil. Believing the can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold, who is determined to avenge Hale's death.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
0140274286
Publish date: 1971 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Pengiun
Pages no: 247
Edition language: English
Introduction & Notes--Brighton Rock
Seriously, I am done with Greene's "gritty thrillers". Years ago, I watched Brighton Rock and didn't enjoy it. Now, having read the book as the (hopefully) last of the "early" works, I have the same impression. Nice, but so not keeping me interested...at all. And, oh dear, there is some clunky ...
I don't know if it's an English thing, but everyone seemed to have read this book I had never even heard of. Well, now I've done it too, and it's my first Graham Greene. Score! One thing that I like about Brighton Rock is its excellent sense of place. Graham Greene draws a very vivid image of Bright...
This is a dark story set in 1930's Brighton. Greene's main character is a small time gang member who seeks to revenge the death of his previous boss by the main gang in Brighton. He kills Hale, an informer for the other gang, and the rest of the story he sets about trying to give himself a watertigh...
Perfectly shaped and utterly gripping. A classic worth the re-read.
10 years ago
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