![]() ![]() Conrad, though no fan of anarchists, was equally skeptical of the governments that demonize them and of journalists-like those at the National Review-who are quick to issue jingoistic judgments about complicated events. In short, a foreign state sponsors an act of terrorism in order to provoke a crackdown on terrorists the incident has no relation whatsoever to ressentiment. He’s a Russian diplomat frustrated with the refusal of the London police to arrest the anarchists. The mastermind of the plot isn’t an anarchist either. ![]() The culprits are an agent provocateur who has infiltrated the anarchists’ ranks and his half-witted brother-in-law. The Observatory bombers are not anarchists. ![]() The NR thereby mischaracterizes the single most important plot twist in Conrad’s book. ![]()
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