The Secret Agent
Author: Conrad, Joseph
ISBN: 9780812973051
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Dec 2004
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
UNIQUE FEATURES- New Introduction by Robert Kaplan, Edited, with Notes, A Note on the Text and Bibliography by Prof. Peter Lancelot Mallios (U of Maryland), reading group guide.BR>BR>b>b>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time/b>br>br>Edited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot Malliosbr>Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan/b>br>br>In reexamining i>The Secret Agent/i> 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." br>br>This intense 1907 thriller-a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carre-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."
ISBN: 9780812973051
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Dec 2004
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
UNIQUE FEATURES- New Introduction by Robert Kaplan, Edited, with Notes, A Note on the Text and Bibliography by Prof. Peter Lancelot Mallios (U of Maryland), reading group guide.BR>BR>b>b>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time/b>br>br>Edited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot Malliosbr>Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan/b>br>br>In reexamining i>The Secret Agent/i> 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." br>br>This intense 1907 thriller-a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carre-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."
