The Secret Agent: a Simple Tale (Penguin Classics)

it is erything but simple really wonderful

big fan of conrad

i love Conrad's writting

Amazing and prophetic novel containing an odd portrait gallery mix of anarchists, policemen and government agents. As much a novel about relationships and the misery that results from a clash of capitalism/socialism and the dull monotony of everyday survival. Conrad is one of the gloomiest writers -- yet there is sardonic humor and irony on every page. An influential ground breaking book for the...more

Amazing and prophetic novel containing an odd portrait gallery mix of anarchists, policemen and government agents. As much a novel about relationships and the misery that results from a clash of capitalism/socialism and the dull monotony of everyday survival. Conrad is one of the gloomiest writers -- yet there is sardonic humor and irony on every page. An influential ground breaking book for the detective and espionage and detective genre.   hide