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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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Series: Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
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ISBN10: 0812973054
ISBN13: 9780812973051
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
Published: Dec 14 2004
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.08
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780812973051
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
Published: Dec 14 2004
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.08
Language: English
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Edited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot Mallios
Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan In reexamining The Secret Agent in a post-9/11 world, Robert D. Kaplan praises Joseph Conrad's surgical insight into the mechanics of terrorism, calling the book a fine example of how a savvy novelist may detect the future long before a social scientist does. This intense 1907 thriller-a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carré-concerns a British double agent who infiltrates a cabal of anarchists. Conrad explores political and criminal intrigue in a modern society, building to a climax that the critic F. R. Leavis deemed one of the most astonishing triumphs of genius in fiction.
Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan In reexamining The Secret Agent in a post-9/11 world, Robert D. Kaplan praises Joseph Conrad's surgical insight into the mechanics of terrorism, calling the book a fine example of how a savvy novelist may detect the future long before a social scientist does. This intense 1907 thriller-a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carré-concerns a British double agent who infiltrates a cabal of anarchists. Conrad explores political and criminal intrigue in a modern society, building to a climax that the critic F. R. Leavis deemed one of the most astonishing triumphs of genius in fiction.
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