![]() ![]() 1st edition (published in June), preceding the London edition (published in July). ![]() ![]() ![]() Graham Greene's masterpiece in the elusive dust jacket. There are links between this novel and Greene's earlier novel A Gun for Sale (1936), because Raven's murder of the gang boss Kite, mentioned in A Gun For Sale, allows Pinkie to take over his gang and thus sets the events of Brighton Rock in motion. The title refers to a confectionery traditionally sold at seaside resorts with the name of the resort embedded in the centre and elongated down the length (so the same name is revealed wherever the stick is broken), which in the novel is used as a metaphor for the personality of Pinkie, which is the same all the way through. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. Comes with the very rare original second issue dust jacket, with reviews from Sean O'Faolain, John Brophy, James Agate and others, to flaps and lower panel, 4/6 price sticker to front flap, light toning to spine, neat repairs and restorations to extremities, in effect an excellent example, preserved in custom lidded box. Book in very good condition, publisher's review slip loosely inserted, a few scattered spots to edges, original cloth, spotting to spine, otherwise excellent. ![]()
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