Brighton rock
By: Graham Greene ; introduction by J.M. Coetzee.
Edition: Deluxe ed.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Teenage boys -- Fiction; Psychopaths -- Fiction; Brighton (England) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In this classic novel of murder and menace, Graham Greene lays bare the soul of a boy of seventeen who stalks Brighton's tawdry boardwalk with apathy on his face and murder in his heart. Pinkie, the boy with death at his fingertips, is not just bad, he worships in the temple of evil, just as his parents worshipped in the house of God. Crime, in his dark mind, is a release so deep and satisfying that he has no need for drink or women or the love of his fellows. He is an astounding character, sinister and fascinating. -- From the cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvi).
"Graham Greene Centennial, 1904-2004"--Cover.