What is truly amazing about
Joseph Conrad is that English was not his first language. Read
Heart of Darkness and see how many times you have to hit the
dictionary, then realize how great his command of the
English language was.
Interesting factoid:
Heart of Darkness is one of
Bono's (of
U2) favorite books. It was also the nickname for the acoustic section of their set on the
Zoo TV tour for
Achtung Baby.