"Brighton Rock" is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and later adapted for film in 1947 and 2010. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The title refers to a confectionery traditionally sold at seaside resorts, which in the novel is used as a metaphor for the personality of Pinkie, which is the same all the way through. 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.

Pinkie is the antihero of the story, merciless to his victims, simultaneously obsessed with and repelled by sex and human connection. He is the leader of 'the mob' despite being the youngest at 17.

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