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'.
A teenage sociopath rises to power in Britain’s criminal underworld in this “brilliant and uncompromising” thriller (The New York Times).
Set in an English seaside resort, this is the story of Pinkie, a teen-age criminal gang leader and murderer. The novel has elements of a detective story, psychiatric case history,...
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
Het eerste besluit dat een jongeman neemt in zijn nieuwe functie als leider van een bende die op de renbanen van een Engelse badplaats opereert, leidt door de eruit voortvloeiende misdaden tot zijn ondergang.
Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.
Steve Chibnall also uncovers the mystery of missing scenes that, if restored, would give Brighton Rock a significantly different emphasis, and he reveals new information about the films' controversial ending.