This article refers to the book by Graham Greene. For the confectionery, see Seaside Rock. For the song by Queen, see Brighton Rock (song) In the United Kingdom, there is a kind of confectionery called seaside rock or, more usually, rock, which is often made and sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts. ... Brighton Rock is a song by British rock band Queen. ...

Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1938, that was adapted into a film in 1947 starring Richard Attenborough. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Graham Greene (October 2, 1904 – April 3, 1991) was a prolific English novelist. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (born August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England) is an actor, director and film producer. ...

It is a thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The antihero of the novel, Pinkie Brown, is a teenage sociopath and up-and-coming gangster who murders a member of his gang at the beginning of the book. His attempts to cover his tracks lead to a chain of fresh crimes and to an ill-fated marriage to Rose, a waitress. Another central character is Ida Arnold, a kind-hearted and decent woman who is drawn into the action by a chance occurrence but who then proceeds to place herself at the centre of events in part to protect Rose from the remorseless, deeply disturbed boy she has married. The thriller is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... Pinkie Brown is a fictional character, the antihero of Graham Greenes 1938 novel Brighton Rock. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ...

Although ostensibly an underworld thriller, the book is also a powerful exploration of the nature of sin. This theme was related to Greene's own Roman Catholicism, which he explored further in other aspects of his work. Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...