The Secret Agent is a breath-taking story woven around the real-life incident that took place in London in 1894. The protagonist Mr. Verloc who is a double-agent, gets entangled in a destructive plan of planting a bomb in Greenwich Park. What follows is a deadly game of political and criminal conspiracies. As the plan gets twisted, there are consequences to be suffered! An absolute page-turner!
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Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist who lived most of his life in Britain and didn't learn English until age 21. The young Conrad lived an adventurous life involving gunrunning and political conspiracy, and apparently had a disastrous love affair that plunged him into despair. He served 16 years in the merchant navy.In 1894, at age 36, Conrad reluctantly gave up the sea, partly because of poor health and partly because he had decided on a literary career.
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