Brighton Rock: (Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition)

Story is interesting. Nook version is weird.

I am enjoying the book, but the downloaded version has some layout issues. There are random numbers strewn about and some of the sentences are incomplete which takes away from the flow of the story. Obvioulsy, not the writer's fault!

A delightful coming-of-age tale

Graham Green takes us back to the quaint seaside resort town of Brighton as he knew it in the early 1930's, a colorful town known for it's hard sugary candy (the "Brighton Rock" of the title) and colorful locals. The novel follows the young Pinkie Brown as he sets out to make a name for himself as an entrepreneur, selling tickets to watch horse races, learning from the chief businessman of the area, and even finding love along the way! Read this book now if you want to escape from the dreariness and crime and grit of modern life, and escape through Greene's rose-tinted glasses to a gentler age that we've long since left behind.

wonderful read

Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols talked about how much he like this book and so I picked it up. Not your typical hoods.

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Another exquisite read by Graham Greene

I recently revisited 'Brighton Rock' several years after a rather unmemorable undergraduate reading, but this time I was simply entranced. Greene paints the character of Pinkie with broad strokes of a melodrama that never seems forced, symbolism that is omnipresent but quite powerfully drawn. A masterpiece!

i read this book

I read this book in hopes of discovering the mystery of it's character Pinkie who seemed to be a famous fictional person that I had heard metioned somewhere. So, I read it, but I think that I will never truly understand him. However, I think it was worth reading because this is the only book of Graham Greene's that I've read. I may not completely ever understand it but it gives me something to think about. There are different ways at looking at the story, and that's why I think others should read it. Sometimes its your own reactions that gets you thinking, and wondering why you reacted to it that way.

This book is wonderful

This is the first book to ever inspire me. The characters are convincing and alive, the story intriguing from day one, and written with such a pace that the reader can't help being dragged along to the spectacular conclusion. Combines the best bits of The Catcher in the Rye and The Power and the Glory. Read it!

'Brighton Rock' Bombs

The heading says all: this book simply is terrible. It's required reading for some, which is completely cruel to inflict. It is pointless, poorly written, and altogether stupid.

great book

this book had all the action and plot a grown man could ask for. It was an amazing piece of literature that I will never forget

A psychotic main character doesn't make for an interesting book

This book may be hailed by english teachers but it honestly is a poor piece of literature. Grahm Greene's novel is full of unnecessary details, boarish main characters, a disrespect for religion, and an underlying aura of distaste for England in the time period it is written about. Very disappointing to read and discuss.

a piece of the most beautiful fiction

Graham Greene has the brilliancy to create unforgettable characters, both good and evil, worthy of a readers symphathy. His prose is poetic, his voice, honest. BRIGHTON ROCK is an original tale of living on life's youthful edge.

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