El agente secreto I (The Secret Agent I) Audiobook (Unabridged)

" There are moments of perfection in this book but not enough to out-weigh the tedium of pointlessly long descriptions. It's only a short but it felt like it took forever to get through. "

" Painfully sad, beautifully written. The universal tragedy of separation and fantasy played against the webs of contingency that shape our destinies: this latter we deny in our warm prison worlds. "

" If you're at all interested in the subworld of 19th century socialists, commies, anarchists and British bureaucrats and cops (and who isnt?) and don't mind a thick spread of dense descriptions check this out. Its a novel, its not explicit in taking an ideological side. Also, its neat to think about how the characters' world compares to our own "War On Terror." "

" Scathing, hilarious and tragic story of nihilists, terrorists and family in turn of the century London. "

" Don't believe the subtitle. THE TALE'S NOT SIMPLE. Bless Joseph Conrad and his literary style. "

" Hugely atmospheric and way before its time. "

" This is an excellent & fascinating book. Conrad outdoes himself and probably produces a better book than he did in Nostromo. But I love Nostromo, I respect The Secret Agent. "

" I found the denouement of this placidly horrifying tale much more personally affecting than I had expected. "

" This book is a puzzle in words! There is so much hidden within the pages it blows the mind. BUT... if your not the type of person who normally looks beyond the black and white of the pages: it'll just be a good story of human relationships and troubled politics. "

" A great little known thriller. "

" I read this for my British modernism class. Very interesting take on chronology and the concept of the linear story. I'd recommend it for anyone interested in modernism and its unconventional structure. "

" I don't know that i would call this a detective story - perhaps a spy story. But it is an amazing story that gives us insight into a segment of society at the start of the 20th century. Rich descriptions and character development. Fun to read, in a dark sort of way.. "

" I'm not really sure what I think of this book. It was somewhat entertaining and definitely surprising in plot, but not at all what I expected with the title of the book. "

" A morality tale centered on getting rid of the Greenwich Conservatory (a tiny octogan box of a place beautifully sited above the old naval college and Queen Anne house on the Thames). Why this insignificant place I haven't figured out. A good read. "

" Good book, Hitchcock stole a scene from it. I guess one thing I don't get is, why do people decide to kill shit after reading it? It's not that kind of book, I don't think. "

" Politics, anarchy, terrorism, a simplistic secret agent and a proud women's atttempt to shelter her adored autistic brother. Conrad excelled himself in this haunting exploration of modernism in this dystopian satire. "

" I think Conrad was like Carver (you never thought you'd see that comparison, did you?): he should have stuck with the short form, which in Conrad's case was the novella. I don't think you could call anything Conrad wrote "short". This was a great story stretched out over much too many pages. "

" What can I say? The man knows how to write intelligently. I was just impressed I understood most of the big words in this thing. "

" Superb novel that's startlingly contempory to our own time of terrorist cells and self-interested authority figures. Well drawn characters and a lot of dry humour that which again feels quite modern. A great entry point for readers new to Joseph Conrad. "

" What a bleak view of humanity - a very depressing book, though well worth the read due to the characterizations and story-line. "

" One of the free ebooks in my Kobo. It was good. And strange. I liked how it was written, one character per chapter. But not something I would have read if not on my Kobo. "

" Another certified Conrad classic. In the public domain with a free electronic copy available here. "