Twice adapted into a feature film (most recently in 2010), the 1947 release starring a young Richard Attenborough prompted a critical uproar in Britain due to its depictions of crime and violence.
The book depicts a seedy world of criminality in pre-war Brighton, exploring the tension between the illuminated tourist façade and the gangster-ridden industry behind it. Many of his books touched on the themes of religion, guilt and a search for redemption and a significant amount of his works have been adapted for film or television, including Brighton Rock, published in 1938, regarded as one of his most powerful novels. After leaving Oxford University in 1925, Greene worked for a period of time as a private tutor and then turned to journalism- first on the Nottingham Journal, and then as a sub-editor on The Times. Born in 1904 into a large, influential family that included the owners of Greene King Brewery, bankers, and statesmen, he was the fourth of six children. Grahame Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company Limited
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