“I’d rather have written Conrad’s Nostromo than any other novel.”

u201cIn Nostromou2026Conrad has achieved something which is not in the power of any English contemporary novelist to touchu2026he accomplishes artistic feats beyond his rivals.u201d

u201c[An] involved, philosophical novelu2026With characteristic eloquence, Conrad has focused on the dramatic action of the revolution to explore challenging themes: capitalism, imperialism, revolution, and social justice.u201d

u201cMost certainlyu2026one of the great novels of the language.u201d

u201cOften praised as one of Joseph Conradu2019s greatest novels, Nostromo tells the tumultuous history of the fictional country Costaguana. Conradu2019s u2018perfectly incorruptibleu2019 Nostromo, a heroic symbol within the community, eventually reveals the novelu2019s dark irony. British actor John Lee approaches his narration with a steady tone and expert attention to the text. What is especially masterful in Leeu2019s reading is his array of accents for Conradu2019s collage of charactersu2014from the English and Italian transplants to the passionate native inhabitants. All are wonderfully portrayed by Lee, especially the polyglot Decoud, a Europeanized Costaguaneran whose accent fluctuates between French and Spanish. Lee takes Conradu2019s dense and descriptive language in hand to produce an epic listening experience.u201d