The Secret Agent (Arcturus Classics, 93) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178888406X ISBN 13: 9781788884068

Publisher: Arcturus, 2018

Synopsis

Joseph Conrad moved away from his tales of the sea with The Secret Agent, and turned his attention to the politics of the day. This study of anarchism, politics and terrorism, and inspired by a bombing in Greenwich in 1894, revolves around the spy Adolf Verloc, who runs a shop selling pornographic material and a variety of assorted bric-a-brac. He is told by the new First Secretary to the embassy for which he secretly works that he needs to prove himself and is set the task of blowing up the Greenwich Observatory. Conrad's story moves between the run-up and the aftermath of the bombing, which has severe consequences not just for those caught up in the blast, but also for Verloc and his family.

About this title

Review:

The most brilliant novelistic study of terrorism Source: The New York Times

From the Author:

Born Jozef Teodor Konrad, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) served in the British merchant navy before beginning a writing career in the mid 1890s. He relied heavily on his travelling experiences and produced a number of novels, such as Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Nostromo, that have influenced subsequent writers such as William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcturus
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 178888406X
• ISBN 13: 9781788884068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288