num_pages: 256
description: Pinkie, a boy gangster in pre-war Brighton, is a Catholic dedicated to evil and damnation. In a dark setting of double crossing and razor slashes, his ambition and hatreds are horribly fulfilled, until Ida determines to convict him for murder.
language: English
title: Brighton Rock
titlecomplete: Brighton Rock
characters: Phil Corkery, Rose, Colleoni, Ida Arnold, Pinkie Brown, Fred Hale
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Thriller, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Crime, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 31062
places: Brighton, England
publisher: Penguin USA (P)