Brighton Rock
British novelist, 1904–1991.
Brighton Rock is a 1938 novel by Graham Greene.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Graham Greene
- First published
- 1938
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Crime and mystery, Religion and faith, Psychological
Is Brighton Rock worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 16 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 42 | See the list |
Best edition of Brighton Rock
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2004), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780099478478
How critics and readers rate Brighton Rock
Critics and readers rate it about equally: it earned 20% on critics' lists and 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Brighton Rock
If you liked Brighton Rock, try The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair or The Quiet American.
