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The Secret Agent written by Joseph Conrad performed by David Horovitch on CD (Unabridged)

The Secret Agent written by Joseph Conrad performed by David Horovitch on CD (Unabridged)£39.99

Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent is a tale of anarchism, espionage and terrorism. Our agent, a man named Mr Verloc, minds his own business while he keeps his shop in London's Soho, alongside his wife, who attends to her aged mother and disabled brother. Their lives are turned upside down when Verloc...

The Secret Agent written by Joseph Conrad performed by David Threlfall on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN:  9781408411520
Genre - Main:  Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Classic English
Duration:  570 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Joseph Conrad
Performer 1:  David Threlfall
Rarity:  Rare

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Inspired by an actual terrorist attack on Greenwich Laboratory in 1894 'The Secret Agent' is arguably Conrad's greatest work. Mr. Verloc, the spy, is roused to action by his masters. He is to instigate an act 'of destructive ferocity so absurd as to be incomprehensible, inexplicable, almost unthinkable; in fact, mad'.

All does not run smoothly however and leads to Mr Verloc's wife, Winnie, demonstrating how quickly rational equilibrium can change to frenzied destruction.

Setting his story in a subterranean grimy London peopled by deceptive, dishonourable characters, Conrad not only reminds us of the futility of mindless aggression but also of how near it is to the surface of human behaviour.

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