description: The Brute is a ship with a perfect record. Each time out someone is killed, always accidentally. Can there be such a thing as a "mad ship," a malevolent killer? SUSPENSE was Conrad's last work, left unfinished at his death in 1924. Set in the time of Napoleon's Elban exile, it is a spy tale, a novel of manners and a coastal sea adventure such as only Conrad could imagine. Conrad reveled in stories that portrayed individuals facing isolation and moral disintegration, often at a juncture where primitive cultures clashed with modern. SUSPENSE is solidly in that tradition.
language: English
title: The Brute And Suspense
titlecomplete: The Brute And Suspense
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publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.