Verloc is a lazy worker (the secret agent, because even he was an agent, we did his work with effortless; and also he had another job, his store, so he could not do everything); He lived with a calculating woman called Winie, who married him, not for love, just because she wanted someone good to take care of her brother, to live safely, being able to provide a secure life for his brother. There was a man interested in money (the friend of Verloc who runs away with all his money in the end) and there was also a goofy boy (even he had autism, he was goofy, and people abuse of people who are ignorant) called Stevie, a handsome boy but very innocent very innocent due his disabilities. We found the history really interesting, more over the fact that they used to attack other small countries just to test if the bomb that they made is working properly, or to show some power! We also notice that Winie was a lonely woman, but kind of happy serving customers on the store, despite not liking to put up with her husband's friends. She just needed some attention of her husband, who had never even taken her to a theater or to hang of somewhere different. Verloc was too lazy to care about his wife. It's a really good story, and well detailed, Joseph Conrad wrote about what as real in that epoch, creating characters to "give life" to his own ideas, and to express how cruel people can be with each other, in this case we can notice on Verloc's action with Winie and Stevie, and also in Winie's actions, when she killed Verloc for revenge and "tries to run away with all his money! "The Secret Agent" is Cruel and well told! We liked it!