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Informationen zum Autor Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator . He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991. Klappentext MOST LOVED. MOST RED. Ten must-read modern classics. 'Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust.' A 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! Pinkie is unprepared for the courageous! life-embracing Ida Arnold! who is determined to uncover him. Graham Greene's chilling exposé of violence! class! and gang warfare inspired many imitators. Few! if any! can match the originality of Brighton Rock! and of Pinkie - one of fiction's most unnerving and compelling villains. Zusammenfassung Believing he can escape retribution, Pinkie is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold, who is determined to uncover him. Few, if any, can match the originality of Brighton Rock, and of Pinkie - one of fiction's most unnerving and compelling villains.
