This novel describes a variant of the newspaper competition "Lobby Lud," in which readers have to spot a person named "Kolley Kibber.
This novel's protagonist repeats to himself William Camden's rhyme "Betwixt the stirrup and the ground, mercy I asked, mercy I found." When its protagonist visits his lawyer Prewitt, Prewitt quotes a line from Doctor Faustus about how "this is Hell, nor are we out of it." The title of this novel is used as a metaphor for human nature when a character says that it won't change even if you "bite it all the way down." This novel describes a variant of the newspaper competition "Lobby Lud," in which readers have to spot a person named "Kolley Kibber." This novel's villain marries Rose, and its protagonist, Ida Arnold, tries to save Rose from him and get justice for Fred Hale. This novel's villain is the teenage gang leader Pinkie Brown. For 10 points, name this Graham Greene novel set in a seaside resort town in England.
This novel's protagonist repeats to himself William Camden's rhyme "Betwixt the stirrup and the ground, mercy I asked, mercy I found.
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