Published alongside other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his birth
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.
Product code: 9780141441580
ISBN |
9780141441580 |
Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H198xW128xS19 |
No. Of Pages |
320 |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd |