This is the only novel that Conrad set in London, and it communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. Verloc, a Russian spy who is also working for the police, is ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho.
Modern Classics Secret Agent (Penguin Modern Classics)
Penguin Classics
$64.63 - $80.79
- UPC:
- 9780141182629
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2000-03-28
- Release Date:
- 2000-03-28
- Author:
- Joseph Conrad
- Language:
- english