Brighton Rock
by Graham Greene
Taste attributes: crimethrillermafia/gangsterfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedself destruction/implosioncomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA morally murky, intimate crime novel: heavy and raw. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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2.5 / 5
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About This Book
An atmospheric crime thriller featuring a teenage sociopath intent on becoming the underworld boss of Brighton. Having murdered a man who had betrayed his gang the young gangster Pinky Brown tries to covers his tracks but circumstances never seem to go his way and he becomes ever more desperate, even going so far as to marry a young girl who witnessed the shooting, it being the law at that time that a man’s wife...
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- Graham Greene
- Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 311
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