Author | Graham Greene |
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Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Set in | Brighton in the 1930s |
Publisher | William Heinemann Ltd |
Publication date | 1938 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 361[1] |
OCLC | 3459054 |
823/.912 | |
LC Class | PZ3.G8319 Br PR6013.R44 |
Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and later adapted for film and theatre. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The first of Greene's works to explore Catholic themes and moral issues, its treatment of class privilege and the problem of evil is paradoxical and ambivalent.