副标题: Secret Agent
电子书下载格式:mobi+epub+pdf+txt
作者:Conrad,Joseph/Mallios,PeterLancelot(EDT)/Kaplan,RobertD./Mallios,PeterLancelot
出版时间:2004-12
书籍简介:
Edited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot MalliosIntroduction by Robert D. Kaplan In reexamining "The Secret Agent" in a post-9/11 world, Robert D. Kaplan praises Joseph Conrad's "surgical insight into the mechanics of terrorism," calling the book "a fine example of how a savvy novelist may detect the future long before a social scientist does." This intense 1907 thriller-a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carre-concerns a British double agent who infiltrates a cabal of anarchists. Conrad explores political and criminal intrigue in a modern society, building to a climax that the critic F. R. Leavis deemed "one of the most astonishing triumphs of genius in fiction."