Nostromo Resources

Check out Joseph Conrad's awesome life. He makes Jack Kerouac look like a suburban golf-loving real estate agent.

You can find it at handy ol' Project Gutenberg.

Okay, not really… but there was a miniseries adaptation in 1996.

Okay, this essay is on Heart of Darkness, but check it out and think about how the argument can apply to Nostromo as well.

Read an interview with Fernando Ghia, who produced the 1996 miniseries version of Nostromo.

Ibsen Martinez discusses the legacy of Conrad's novel.

Check out an NPR article about how some people thought the Unabomber got his ideas from Conrad's The Secret Agent, which is about a dude wants to bomb an observatory to protest scientific advancement.

Check out a clip from the 1996 miniseries.

Another scene from the 1996 movie. Bonus: Colin Firth is Gould.

What a 'stache!

Because we know you already picture every English literary character as Colin Firth, right?