Brighton Rock

Graham Greene
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ISBN 9780099478478 moved to this edition. 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'. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE
Genres: FictionClassicsCrimeMysteryThrillerLiteratureBritish LiteratureNovels20th CenturyBook Club
269 Pages

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