Joseph Conrad is one of the best 20th century English writers. He is a great sea
novelist and short story writer. Conrad is a different and difficult writer
altogether. He wrote entirely different kind of fiction imperialist, modernist
and partly political. Mallikarjun Patil's critical monograph on Conrad is like
an Indian writers revisiting of Conrad. The book has four chapters: Chapter 1 is
about Conrad's life and works; Chapter 2 deals with a critical analysis of
Conrad's entire corps of novels; Chapter 3 analyses Conrad's short stories; and
Chapter 4 is about Conrad's world-view. Patil's monograph on Conrad is primarily
meant for Indian readers. It aims at