Moorlock reviewed Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
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2 stars
A melodrama, a pot-boiler, mostly not very good.

Joseph Conrad: Agente Segreto Semplice Storia (Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli)
Paperback
Published by Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli.
Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism-and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller.
Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism-and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller.
A melodrama, a pot-boiler, mostly not very good.
A rather bitter look at life