The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Penguin Modern Classics, 1974

0140020594 / 9780140020595

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Presenting: The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad ? the 1974 Penguin Modern Classics edition, ISBN 0140020594 , in that cult-favourite condition collectors call ?Good,? and we at Crappy Old Books call ?has lived a little and tells better stories for it.? Conrad?s London is here in all its sooty, fog-breathing glory: anarchists who can?t quite organise a lunch, policemen who suspect everyone including themselves, and a shopkeeper-spy whose revolutionary zeal peaks somewhere between dinnertime and not missing the last omnibus. It?s a novel about terrorism, bureaucracy, and marital miscommunication, written with such dry irony you?ll need a glass of water. Or tea. This is England, after all. Our copy arrives with the faintly heroic patina common to Penguins that survived the 1970s: a spine that stands upright without saluting, pages seasoned to a dignified ivory like an ex-diplomat?s calling cards, and the occasional whisper of past ownership (no manifestos in the margins, just mortal pencil ticks where someone gasped at a good sentence). The binding is honest, the cover still does its job (no covert operations required), and the text remains perfectly legible for decoding Conrad?s trademark sentences?those long, elegant corridors where irony lurks like a suspicious parcel. Buying this particular Penguin Modern Classics means embracing that delicious contradiction at the heart of Conrad?s book: a thriller where the bomb is plot and the fuse is language. You get London?s damp streets, conspiracies that curdle into paperwork, and a cast of ideologues who?d fail a background check for a book club. You also get?free with purchase?the smug glow of reading a classic that anticipated modern politics, cybersecurity panic, and the eternal mystery of what, exactly, the authorities are doing. File under: espionage without glamour; comedy of menace with serious consequences; the rare novel that manages to be both a page-turner and a slow, exquisite burn. Our ?Good? copy is the right kind of lived-in?no cloak, minimal dagger, maximum readability. Perfect for trains, rainy afternoons, and plotting your own revolution against un-ironic blurbs. From the shelves of Crappy Old Books to your very own safe house: ISBN 0140020594 | Penguin Modern Classics (1974) | Condition: Good . Proceed with caution, tea, and a bookmark.…

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Titolo
The Secret Agent
Autore
Joseph Conrad
Editore
Penguin Modern Classics
Anno di pubblicazione
1974
Condizione
Good
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0140020594
ISBN 13
9780140020595

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