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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

Why we're reading this: I'm working my way through Conrad's oeuvre, and this is one that I'd missed. It's the first English novel…more
[close] I'm working my way through Conrad's oeuvre, and this is one that I'd missed. It's the first English novel about terrorism--in this case, a group of Communists and anarchists who are developing a plot to blow up the Greenwich observatory. I've only just begun.

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Jul 28, 2015 Allyson rated it really liked it

Really good book. Odd, darkly comic, poignant tale of a bungled terrorist attack. This is a deeply pessimistic book in which almost all the characters (communists, anarchists, police, etc.) are equally inept and dense. Given this, Conrad's sympathetic portrayal of the book's main female character, Winnie Verdun, and her mentally impaired brother is particularly notable. Conrad's not noted for his female characters, but this one is most interesting. Highly recommended. ...more

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