Brighton Rock

Graham Greene

2021

Full hand dyed scarf jointed fair calf with red goatskin inlay and dyed and slashed black backpared fair calf onlay, applied 23c red gold leaf, black line and gold tooling. Resist dyed and slashed fair calf with red goatskin backpared onlay doublures. Reverse offset printed black Bible paper endpapers. Handsewn silk endbands. Coloured and reverse offset printed edges.

A glowering stormy sky looms over the bright lights of the iconic Brighton Pier at dusk. Inside the blood red ornate railings of the pier are superimposed over a slashed and scarred skin. Brighton Rock is a noir thriller centring around the criminal gang headed up by the teenage sociopath Pinkie. The glittering public façade of a busy seaside resort masks the dark underbelly of poverty and crime.

Dedicated to all the victims of knife crime, to all the young people who feel the need to carry a knife to protect themselves and to all those who feel release through self-harm.