
Description
Conrad's portrait of a terrorist cell and political manipulation is so eerily modern it seems to predict the 20th century before it arrived, rendering violence not as action but as bureaucratic failure and human betrayal. The novel's dark comedy about bombs and espionage reveals how terror operates in the gaps between ideology and actual human connection.
About this book
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is an ebook by Joseph Conrad (1857–1924). This edition runs to roughly 268 pages, about 5.5 hours of reading at a typical pace.
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Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) has 4 books in the BigBookHub catalogue: Lord Jim, The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, Heart of Darkness and Typhoon.
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