Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

A teenage sociopath rises to power in Britainâ€™s criminal underworld in this â€œbrilliant and uncompromisingâ€ thriller (The New York Times).
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Seventeen-year-old Pinkie Brown, raised amid the casual violence and corruption in the dire prewar Brighton slums, has left his final judgment in the hands of God. On the streets, impelled by his own twisted moral doctrine, he leads a motley pack of gangsters whose sleazy little rackets have most recently erupted in the murder of an informant. Pinkieâ€™s attempts to cover their tracks have led him into the bed of a timid and lovestruck young waitress named Roseâ€”his new wife, the key witness to his crimes, and, should she live long enough, his alibi. But loitering in the shadows is another woman, Ida Arnoldâ€”an avenging angel determined to do right by Pinkieâ€™s latest victim.
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Adapted for film in both 1948 and 2010 and for the stage as both a drama and musical, and serving as an inspiration to such disparate artists as Morrissey, John Barry, and Queen, â€œthis bleak, seething and anarchic novel still resonate[s]â€ (The Guardian).
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Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-04-10
Format Kindle eBook

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