The secret agent : a simple tale
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-19241996
Book
Now the subject of a major film, The Secret Agent is based on an actual attempt made in 1894 to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. A labyrinth of greed, corruption and betrayal, it is the most darkly humorous of all Conrad's novels.
Main title:
The secret agent : a simple tale / Joseph Conrad.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1996.
Collation:
248p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Film tie-in.
ISBN:
9780140170887 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
BRN:
37062