#275
Title: The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Doubleday Anchor
Year: 1907/1953
253 pages
The cover of my edition appears to illustrate Verlac outside the observatory.
A wry and sly narrative from Conrad. It is easy to guess most of the plot fairly early on; characterization and the characters' ways of attempting to understand the situation are the more interesting reasons to keep reading. I did find myself attempting to diagnose Stevie, and comparisons and contrasts to Of Mice and Men's Lennie are inevitable.
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