{"product_id":"the-secret-agent-by-joseph-conrad-9780141441580","title":"The Secret Agent","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished alongside other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the only novel Conrad set in London, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/em\u003e communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46496292077804,"sku":"9780141441580","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9217783482238.jpg?v=1748496389","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-secret-agent-by-joseph-conrad-9780141441580","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}