In one of his sidelong memoirs, Graham Greene suggested that not only was the bullying he suffered as an English schoolboy the main reason that he became a writer, but that the character of Pinkie Brown, the anti-hero of his early novel Brighton Rock , was based on the scruffy ringleader who sent him running for the typewriter in the first place. Perhaps it’s a testament to just how much Greene loathed the punk he was modeled on that Pinkie is perhaps the least redeemed character in the author’s canon.
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At TIFF: Brighton Rock Extends the Graham Greene Adaptation Curse
