{"product_id":"the-secret-agent","title":"The Secret Agent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Conrad, Joseph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e mass_market\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Deckle Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 04-08-2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis chillingly prophetic examination of terrorism by the author of \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is the literary precursor to the espionage thrillers of Graham Greene and John Le Carré.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inspired by an actual attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Agent \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the world of late-nineteenth-century London, with its fatuous civil servants, corrupt police, and squalid underworld characters like Verloc, a pornographer acting as a government informant. Verloc’s assignment is to provoke the radicals whose group he has penetrated into committing an act of such violence that they will be discredited and their appeal to the masses destroyed. With its questionable characters and amoral caricatures, the novel is as much a black satire of English society as a frightening mirror of the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With an Introduction by E. L. Doctorow and a New Afterword by Debra Romanick Baldwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451474292\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50209647493424,"sku":"Trans_9780451474292","price":450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/813rKemI8VL.jpg?v=1760167009","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/the-secret-agent","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}