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10%OFFJoseph Conrad - The Secret Agent - 9780099511533 - KAC0002381
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The Secret Agent

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Description for The Secret Agent Paperback. London is under threat. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc. He is the secret agent who is given the mission to strike right at the heart of London's pride by blowing up Greenwich Observatory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some shelf wear

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London is under threat. It has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc. He is the secret agent who is given the mission to strike right at the heart of London's pride by blowing up Greenwich Observatory. But his decision to drag his innocent family into the plot leads to tragic consequences on a more personal than political level.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODEN

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099511533
SKU
KAC0002381
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Joseph Conrad
Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski was born in the Ukraine on 3 December 1857. His parents were Polish and had both died in exile by the time Conrad was eleven. His uncle then became his guardian and looked after him in Krakow until he was sixteen when he went to sea and sailed on French and British ships. He was ... Read more

Reviews for The Secret Agent
Perenially fascinating... When Joseph Conrad wrote The Secret Agent he was responding imaginatively to a real botched bomb attack on Greenwich, at a time when there was real panic about anarchist extremism throughout Europe
Guardian
An astonishing book
Ford Madox Ford This damp, dark thriller dances about on satirical feet, from its opening paragraph to the very ... Read more

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