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The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent is an astonishing book," said Ford Madox Ford. "It is one of the best--and certainly the most significant-- — detective stories ever written." — ????????Set in late-nineteenth-century London, Joseph Conrad's intense political thriller anticipates the espionage novels of such writers as Graham Greene and John le Carr?. It concerns ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375752520
ISBN-10: 0375752528
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Modern Library
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A 1983 reprint of the 1905 classic. A chilling examination of terrorism, this book is the literary forerunner of the espionage thriller.
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Do you think terrorism began in the 20th century? You'd be wrong! As revolutions and counterrevolutions washed over Europe in the 19th Century, anarchists gnawed at the fringes of the fabric of society. Think something like this could never happen to you? Read how a mediocre man gets sucked into whirlpool of politcal intrigue at tragic lost to his friends, family and himself.


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