Follow a dark and powerful journey up the Congo River in Conrad's sharp and incisive
exploration of the damages of imperialism. Life on the river is brutal and unknown threats
lurk in the darkness the silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of
drumming. Marlow's mission to captain a steamer upriver into the dense interior leads him into
conflict with the others who haunt the forest. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr
Kurtz an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumours leads him into more than just
physical peril. VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys from the tallest mountains to the depths
of the mind
