A Gun for Sale - Brossura

Greene, Graham

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099286149 ISBN 13: 9780099286141

Casa editrice: Vintage Classics, 2001

Riassunto

Raven is an assassin, a hired killer, and his brutal murder of the Minister raises the spectre of war across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and hunting the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind the killing.

A Gun for Sale was published two years before Brighton Rock, and its themes and characters provide a striking echo to that more famous novel, providing a fascinating glimpse into the working mind of a master novelist.

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Recensione:

"Graham Greene taught us to understand the social and economic cripples in our midst. He taught us to look at each other with new eyes. I don't suppose his influence will ever disappear" (Auberon Waugh Independent)

"A masterly storyteller... An enormously popular writer who was also one of the most significant novelists of his time" (Newsweek)

"Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature" (John Le Carre)

Descrizione del libro:

The forerunner in its tone and themes to Greene's masterpiece Brighton Rock, A Gun for Sale is a noir thriller shot through with violence, betrayal and tormented souls. With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane.

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• Editore: Vintage Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099286149
• ISBN 13: 9780099286141
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208