Synopsis
From the seed of an actual attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, this book recreates the world of the secret agent. The world of law and order is mirrored in its underworld, a squalid terrorist landscape inhabited by, among others, the professor, who carries a bomb in his pocket.
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Joseph Conrad's major works (all published by Penguin Classics) include Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Lord Jim,Under Western Eyes, The Secret Agent and Typhoon.
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
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ISBN 13: 9780140180961
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ISBN 10: 0140180966
ISBN 13: 9780140180961
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