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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

In a shop in Soho lives Mr. Verloc, a secret agent, with his wife, her infirm mother, and her brother. Reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, things go awry, unraveling a complex web involving politicians, policemen, diplomats, and London's elite society. This new edition includes a comprehensive chronology and a critical introduction that delves into Conrad's descriptions of London as a "monstrous town" plagued by madness, crime, and butchery, while also exploring contemporary anarchist activity and imperialism.
Publish Date
2004-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
2004-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1907
Goodreads Rating
3.59
ISBN
9781853260650
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