ISBN10: 0142437972, ISBN13: 9780142437971, [publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc] Softcover Paperback. "Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him." Graham Greene's chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh. Responsible for the razor slashes that killed mob boss Kite and also for the death of Hale, a reporter who threatened the livelihood of the mob, Pinkie is the embodiment of calculated evil. As a Catholic, however, Pinkie is convinced that his retribution does not lie in human hands. He is therefore not prepared for Ida Arnold, Hale's avenging angel. Ida, whose allegiance is with life, the here and now, has her own ideas about the circumstances surrounding Hale's death. For the sheer joy of it, she takes up the challenge of bringing the infernal Pinkie to an earthly kind of justice. This Penguin Classics Deluxe edition features an introduction by J. M. Coetzee.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by ...
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ISBN10: 0142437972, ISBN13: 9780142437971, [publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc] Softcover Paperback. "Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him." Graham Greene's chilling expose of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh. Responsible for the razor slashes that killed mob boss Kite and also for the death of Hale, a reporter who threatened the livelihood of the mob, Pinkie is the embodiment of calculated evil. As a Catholic, however, Pinkie is convinced that his retribution does not lie in human hands. He is therefore not prepared for Ida Arnold, Hale's avenging angel. Ida, whose allegiance is with life, the here and now, has her own ideas about the circumstances surrounding Hale's death. For the sheer joy of it, she takes up the challenge of bringing the infernal Pinkie to an earthly kind of justice. This Penguin Classics Deluxe edition features an introduction by J. M. Coetzee.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by ...
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ISBN10: 0142437972, ISBN13: 9780142437971, [publisher: Penguin Books] Softcover
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0142437972, ISBN13: 9780142437971, [publisher: Penguin Classics] Softcover When Pinkie kills a man during a gang war raging through the underworld of Brighton, he believes he can escape retribution, but is unprepared for Ida Arnold who is determined to avenge a death. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
[Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1938]

ISBN10: 0142437972, ISBN13: 9780142437971, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Softcover Graham Greene (1904-1991), whose long life nearly spanned the length of the twentieth century, was one of its greatest novelists. Educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, he started his career as a sub-editor of The Times of Lon.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2004]
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ISBN10: 0142437972, ISBN13: 9780142437971, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group 2004-09-28, New York] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]