Who is Colleoni from Brighton Rock and what is their importance? Brighton_Rock_(novel) English & Literature Colleoni | Brighton Rock

Colleoni is the wealthy, powerful underground leader in Brighton. He has taken over the racetrack betting in the resort town since the Kite's death and lives in the ritzy Cosmopolitan Hotel. Early in the novel Colleoni is surprised that the boy, Pinkie, has taken over for Kite. He dismisses Pinkie's threat of a gang war and offers him a job. Later, Pinkie tries to arrange ambush on Spicer with Colleoni's men, and Colleoni uses the opportunity to attempt a hit on Pinkie. The Brighton police are at Colleoni's disposal and arrest Pinkie at one point as a warning. Near the end of the novel, Colleoni offers Pinkie's gang two hundred pounds to leave Brighton.