Martina Cole
"I felt sorry for Pinky"
The bestselling author on the book that had the biggest effect on her life...
Martina Cole may be the biggest-selling adult hardback novelist in Britain (did we mention, for two years running?) but what's the book that she most wishes she had written herself?
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
"I read this book when I was very, very young and it's probably one of the books that set me on a path to writing crime actually. I felt sorry for Pinky - I felt he was really alienated and that no-one understood him. It was a very powerful book for me when I read it all thos eyears ago. Go and buy it; it's a fabulous book."
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