Author: Joseph Conrad / Year: 1857 - 1924 / Genre:Mystery Mr. Adolf Verloc, a shopkeeper in his forties, heads out into the London streets one morning, leaving his business in the hands of his wife, Winnie, and Winnie’s brother Stevie. Winnie looks after Stevie, who is mentally disabled, as if he’s her son. She married Verloc seven years ago because he had the money and willingness to support her, Stevie, and their sickly, widowed mother.
