A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things'.
That's the blurb to the first book of The MurdockMan Book Club In Association With Vintage. Sounds pretty darn exciting right? A lot of you will of course be more than familiar with Brighton Rock, whether it be from Graham Greene's novel or its two film adaptations. When we discussed with our new friends at Vintage about what book would kick off proceedings Brighton Rock was a clear first choice for both of us. It's masculine, it's British, it's something people know through the films but perhaps have never read and, most importantly of all, the Vintage edition has a cut-throat razor on the cover. Decision made.
We'll have copies of the books in all our stores so you can browse while you wait for your appointment (we promise this isn't a diversionary tactic for long waiting times, just a little extra culture as a side to the style) and every month we'll have a write up of that month's book. We'll also have one copy to win of the next book for the MurdockMan who sends us the best review of the current month's book on Twitter with the #murdockmanbookclub.
For this first month though you can win a copy of Brighton Rock by tweeting Gimme Brighton Rock to @murdocklondon with the #murdockmanbookclub. One lucky and literate fan will picked at random and sent a copy on Tuesday 10th June at 16:00. So you have until then!