Pinkie Brown, a neurotic teenage gangster armed with a razor blade and a bottle of sulfuric acid, commits a brutal murder – but it does not go unnoticed. Rose, a naive young waitress in a rundown café, unknowingly holds the power to destroy his crucial alibi, and Ida Arnold, a woman filled with simple certainties about right and wrong, has made it her mission to bring about justice and redemption. Set against the seaside resorts and shabby boarding houses of Brighton's pre-war underworld, "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene is both a gritty thriller and a study of a tormented soul. A classic of modern literature that highlights the strange boundary between piety and savagery. This beautiful edition of "Brighton Rock" from the Macmillan Collector's Library features an introduction by poet, biographer, and editor Professor Richard Greene. The Macmillan Collector's Library is aimed at book lovers and offers a range of beautiful gift editions of popular classics. The books in the Macmillan Collector's Library are meant to be loved and cherished.