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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Fine.. Octavo. Navy blue cloth, gilt spine and upper panel. 300 pp. Silk place marker. Second printing of this edition, number 146 of Knopf's Everyman's Library printed on acid-free, cream-wove paper with a sewn full cloth binding. Fine; without dust jacket.
Brighton Rock was first published in 1938 and later adapted for film and theatre. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton, England. It tells the story of Pinkie Brown, a young gang leader who kills a journalist and tries to cover his tracks by marrying Rose, a waitress who witnessed his crime. The novel explores the themes of good and evil, Catholicism, class, love, and through the contrast between Pinkie and Rose's views of the world and their place and fate within it.
Brighton Rock was first published in 1938 and later adapted for film and theatre. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton, England. It tells the story of Pinkie Brown, a young gang leader who kills a journalist and tries to cover his tracks by marrying Rose, a waitress who witnessed his crime. The novel explores the themes of good and evil, Catholicism, class, love, and through the contrast between Pinkie and Rose's views of the world and their place and fate within it.
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GRAHAM GREENE was born in Hertfordshire in 1904. While at Balliol College, Oxford he published his first book of verse. He continued to write throughout his lifetime, and served with the Secret Intelligence Service during the Second World War. He died in 1991.
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- Librería
- Second Wind Books LLC
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 460
- Título
- BRIGHTON ROCK
- Autor
- GREENE, Graham
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1993
- Palabras clave
- Murder, deception, gangs, mystery
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