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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

by Joseph Conrad

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Publisher Comments:

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 Verlac, 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.

Synopsis:

One of the great detective novels of all time, "The Secret Agent", written in 1903, is a magisterial thriller of terrorists and police in London in the early years of the 20th century.

Synopsis:

Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller. Revised reissue.
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ISBN:
9780451530509
Subtitle:
A Simple Tale
Author:
Conrad, Joseph
Introduction:
Doctorow, E. L.
Author:
Karl, Frederick R.
Author:
Doctorow, E. L.
Publisher:
Signet Classics
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Conspiracies
Subject:
Bombings
Subject:
London (england)
Edition Description:
-100th Annivers
Publication Date:
April 2007
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
258
Dimensions:
6.76x4.22x.73 in. .29 lbs.
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