Brighton Rock tells the story of Pinkie Brown, a teenaged sociopathic gang leader operating in the English seaside resort of Brighton during the 1930s. The novel’s title, which refers to a stick of rock sold in Brighton is a metaphor for Pinkie, who is hard “all the way through.”
Pinkie has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous Ida Arnold.
Greene’s gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear. And of life lived on the ‘dangerous edge of things‘.
Our photo of the book also includes two sticks of Brighton Rock.