David Wright wrote:
In 'Brighton Rock,' (really a must-read for Noir fans),
Graham Greene's unsettling portrayal of teenage gangster
Pinkie 'the Boy' Brown confronts the reader with this
disturbing paradox: the most devout believer of all must be
Satan himself.
************ His The Power and the Glory is great Christian
noir, also. Superb. I guess it's got typical Graham Greene
flaws in it, but it's hard to beat the character of the
whiskey priest.
miker
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