{"product_id":"the-secret-agent-a-simple-tale-9780812973051","title":"The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Inside Flap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot Mallios\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Robert D. Kaplan \u003cbr\u003eIn reexamining \"The Secret Agent in a post-9\/11 world, Robert D. Kaplan praises Joseph Conrad's \"surgical insight into the mechanics of terrorism,\" calling the book \"a fine example of how a savvy novelist may detect the future long before a social scientist does.\" \u003cbr\u003eThis intense 1907 thriller-a precursor to works by Graham Greene and John le Carre-concerns a British double agent who infiltrates a cabal of anarchists. Conrad explores political and criminal intrigue in a modern society, building to a climax that the critic F. R. Leavis deemed \"one of the most astonishing triumphs of genius in fiction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087665946775,"sku":"9780812973051","price":640.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780812973051.webp?v=1767640737","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-secret-agent-a-simple-tale-9780812973051","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}