by JosephConrad (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 24 Feb 1994
ISBN 10: 0140620567
ISBN 13: 9780140620566