The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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From the seed of an actual attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, this book recreates the world of the secret agent. The world of law and order is mirrored in its underworld, a squalid terrorist landscape inhabited by, among others, the professor, who carries a bomb in his pocket.
Author: Joseph Conrad
Format: Paperback, 272 pages, 130mm x 198mm, 208 g
Published: 1990, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
From the seed of an actual attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, this book recreates the world of the secret agent. The world of law and order is mirrored in its underworld, a squalid terrorist landscape inhabited by, among others, the professor, who carries a bomb in his pocket.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale