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Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole. The money he receives in payment for the murder is made up of stolen notes and when the first of these is traced, Raven becomes a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent who has been double-crossing him and attempts to elude the police, he becomes both hunter and hunted: an unwitting weapon of a strange kind of social justice. In doing so, he sets the stage for Greene’s next novel, Brighton Rock. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Samuel Hynes.
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A Gun for Sale, Graham Greene
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- Released
- 1963
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- Title
- A Gun for Sale
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Graham Greene
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1963
- Format
- Hardcover
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Classics, British Literature, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Criminal thrillers, Noir, Murderers, Hitmen, Steel Industry
- First published
- 1936
- Original title
- A Gun for Sale
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole. The money he receives in payment for the murder is made up of stolen notes and when the first of these is traced, Raven becomes a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent who has been double-crossing him and attempts to elude the police, he becomes both hunter and hunted: an unwitting weapon of a strange kind of social justice. In doing so, he sets the stage for Greene’s next novel, Brighton Rock. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Samuel Hynes.