Brighton Rock

By Graham Greene

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Graham Greene's 1938 novel opens in the seaside town of Brighton, where Fred Hale, a newspaperman handing out prize cards for a promotion, is killed by a gang led by the teenage Pinkie Brown. To silence a witness, Pinkie courts and marries Rose, a naive young waitress, while Ida Arnold, a warm, worldly woman who met Hale on his last day, sets out to prove he was murdered. Through Pinkie and Rose, both Roman Catholics, Greene explores sin, damnation and mercy.

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