Moorlock reviewed Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
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2 stars
A melodrama, a pot-boiler, mostly not very good.
Paperback, 270 pages
Published Aug. 30, 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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