Graham Greene
Brighton Rock 30th Anniversary Edition
On the occasion of VINTAGE's 30th anniversary rediscover the ten bestselling Vintage Classics of all time in beautiful new editions... WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J. M.COETZEEA gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold.Greene's gripping thriller exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'. 'I read Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel - that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas' Ian McEwan
On the occasion of VINTAGE's 30th anniversary rediscover the ten bestselling Vintage Classics of all time in beautiful new editions... WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J. M.COETZEEA gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold.Greene's gripping thriller exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'. 'I read Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel - that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas' Ian McEwan
Jazyk | anglický |
Vydavateľ | Vintage Classics |
Počet strán | 288 |
Typ viazania | mäkká |
Rozmery (š-v-h) | 178 x 129 mm |
EAN | 9781784875916 |
Dodacia doba | nedostupné |