Under Western Eyes

In Joseph Conrad's "Under Western Eyes," a bomb assassination of a Russian police minister sets off a chain of events involving a young student named Razumov, who conceals the attacker only to betray him later. As he navigates the treacherous waters of espionage among his exiled peers, Razumov grapples with an inescapable moral dilemma. Written six years before the Russian Revolution, this novel serves as a hauntingly prescient commentary on political treachery and oppression.