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.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780141922430 ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2000 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2269584 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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