Brighton Rock: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Deluxe Edition Contributor(s): Greene, Graham (Author), Coetzee, J. M. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0142437972 ISBN-13: 9780142437971 Publisher: Penguin Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 2004 Annotation: Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works. Click for more in this series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Crime |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2004275123 |
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.52" W x 8.32" L (0.73 lbs) 288 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Maps, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Library Journal 10/15/2004 pg. 99 Time 07/13/2009 pg. 58 |
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Publisher Description: Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him... Graham Greene's chilling expos of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh. Responsible for the razor slashes that killed mob boss Kite and also for the death of Hale, a reporter who threatened the livelihood of the mob, Pinkie is the embodiment of calculated evil. As a Catholic, however, Pinkie is convinced that his retribution does not lie in human hands. He is therefore not prepared for Ida Arnold, Hale's avenging angel. Ida, whose allegiance is with life, the here and now, has her own ideas about the circumstances surrounding Hale's death. For the sheer joy of it, she takes up the challenge of bringing the infernal Pinkie to an earthly kind of justice. This Penguin Classics Deluxe edition features an introduction by J. M. Coetzee. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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