“…he knew there wasn't a soul in the mob he could trust – except perhaps Dallow. That didn't matter. You couldn't make mistakes when you trusted nobody.”

—  Graham Greene, book Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock (1938)

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English writer, playwright and literary critic 1904–1991

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