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, and essay on moral theology.
Brighton Rock
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Graham Greene's Major Novels, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, ...
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.
His extraordinary reputation rests largely on these three superb novels, all of which have been adapted into classic films.
Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Graham Greene's gripping thriller was adapted into a British film noir in 1947 starring Richard Attenborough as the razor-wielding Pinkie.
It is up to Ida to race against time and save Rose from the vicious young man she has fallen in love with... Brighton Rock is considered one of Graham Greene’s seminal ‘Catholic novels’, and is a classic of the thriller genre.
Brighton Rock ; The End of the Affair
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
In print for fifty-five years, One Man's Meat continues to delight readers with E.B. White's witty, succinct observations on daily life at a Maine saltwater farm.
Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.