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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad

Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent. Double Day Anchor Books. Garden City, New York. 1955.

The Secret Agent by the world renowned author Joseph Conrad, is a well written book of suspense and mystery. It takes place in the early 1900’s and has opened the eyes of readers since its release in 1967.

The Secret Agent is about an English detective named Bernard Wadsworth, who was on the lookout for a bank robber in the big city of London. Bernard recently was in a car accident, and had lost all of his memory. His detective licence and ID, were the only way of him knowing his identity.

He found out where the British Intelligence headquarters was located and went there to put the pieces together. He arrived at the headquarters and was assigned a job. His assignment was to bring one of the most dangerous bank robbers in all of England to justice. This job had a strange feeling to it, as if Bernard was meant to do it himself. He thought that maybe this would help him remember some things about his past.

He did his best to find this robber. He used his detective instincts that still remained after the incident. Who is the robber and what is it that makes Bernard want to find him? The readers will have to find out for themselves.

The Secret Agent is a book that will keep the reader guessing until the end. It takes the reader through many twists and turns that will make them want to read more and more. Joseph Conrad does an amazing job of hiding things from the reader to keep them asking questions. This book was really the highlight of the 1960’s and continues to amaze.

5 out of 5 stars.

Contributed by S. Stickels

June 2nd, 2011