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The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad (1907)
A seedy London shop owner who is secretly an anarchist agent provocateur is ordered to bomb the Greenwich Observatory. Conrad's darkest novel — a proto-thriller about terrorism, surveillance, and the corruption that links governments and the criminals they fight.
Historical Significance:
Based on the real 1894 Greenwich bombing, The Secret Agent was published in 1907 and is widely considered the first modern political thriller. Conrad's London is a c...
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A seedy London shop owner who is secretly an anarchist agent provocateur is ordered to bomb the Greenwich Observatory. Conrad's darkest novel — a proto-thriller about terrorism, surveillance, and the corruption that links governments and the criminals they fight.
Historical Significance:
Based on the real 1894 Greenwich bombing, The Secret Agent was published in 1907 and is widely considered the first modern political thriller. Conrad's London is a c...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=162
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