Overview
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeEdited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot Mallios
Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan
In reexamining The Secret Agent 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.”
This intense 1907 thriller–a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carré–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.”
The book, The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780812973051 in Paperback by Joseph Conrad may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12/14/2004
ISBN-10:
0812973054
ISBN-13:
9780812973051
Pages:
352
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
