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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
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: September 2004
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Annotation: Penguin celebrates the centennial of Graham Greene's birth with commemorativeeditions of his greatest works.

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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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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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