A review by uhambe_nami
An Outpost of Progress by Joseph Conrad

5.0

Conrad considered it his best tale, and I can see why. This short story of two white men posted in a remote trading station in Congo perfectly illustrates what kept Conrad - after his confrontation with the brutalities of colonialism - preoccupied for the rest of his life: the horror of how people who are left to their own devices lose their innocence and integrity, and slowly become agents of corruption, cruelty and madness.