Brighton Rock Preface / Random House A first novel about a

A first novel about a northern cad's education at Cambridge University and his rise through commercial and political spheres in the city

He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave

in a thriller about love

and dreams of finding his true mother

collectable first edition

Brighton Rock Preface / Random House A first novel about aA 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