Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), born in Poland and best known for his 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, which was adapted through Setting Update into Apocalypse Now.

His other works include:
 * Almayer's Folly
 * An Outcast of the Islands
 * Chance
 * Gaspar Ruiz
 * Lord Jim
 * Nostromo
 * Romance
 * The Arrow of Gold
 * The Duellists
 * The End of the Tether
 * The Inheritors
 * The Nigger Of The 'Narcissus'
 * The Point Of Honor
 * The Rescue
 * The Secret Agent
 * The Shadow Line
 * Typhoon
 * Under Western Eyes
 * Victory: An Island Tale
 * Within the Tides

His work provides examples of:

 * Blind Idiot Translation
 * Darkest Africa
 * Heart of Darkness: The Trope Namer.
 * Humans Are Bastards
 * Inn of No Return}}
 * Mighty Whitey
 * Powered By a Forsaken Child
 * River of Insanity
 * Spy Fiction
 * Unreliable Narrator