New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. BCE. Hardcover. 0670191531 . Book club edition. A 1981 reissuance of Graham Greene's highly-praised thriller, first published in 1938. The story is set in the English resort town of Brighton; the title is a reference to a popular hard candy of the same name sold there. It is the story of Pinkie, for whom, per the jacket flap, "Crime, in his dark mind, was a release so deep and satisfying that he had no need for drink or women or the love of his fellows." "Brighton Beach" was made into several movies, plays, a radio adaptation, and even a musical. --- In full tan cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Simple dust jacket with cover & spine titling in brown & red. --- With prior owner's embossed circular stamp to title page, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy. Jacket also in great shape and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall ; (8), 310 pages .

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Seller: Bluebird Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 85767
Title: Brighton Beach (The Collected Edition)
Author: GREENE, Graham
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: BCE
ISBN 10: 0670191531
ISBN 13: 9780670191536
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1981
Keywords: 0670191531

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