Ashenden /
Maugham, W. Somerset 1874-1965.
Ashenden / W. Somerset Maugham. - London : Vintage, 2000. - x, 325 p. ; 20 cm. - Vintage classics .
R. -- A domiciliary visit -- Miss King -- The hairless Mexican -- The dark woman -- The Greek -- A trip to Paris -- Giulia Lazzari -- Gustav -- The traitor -- Behind the scenes -- His Excellency -- The flip of a coin -- A chance acquaintance -- Love and Russian literature -- Mr. Harrington's washing.
A celebrated writer by the time the war broke out in 1914, Maugham was dispatched by the Secret Service to Lucerne under the guise of completing a play, an assignment whose danger and drama appealed both to his sense of romance and of the ridiculous. The stories collected here are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.
0099289709 9780099289708
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Fiction.
Spy stories, English.
Spy fiction.
PR6025.A86 / A82 2000
823/.912
Ashenden / W. Somerset Maugham. - London : Vintage, 2000. - x, 325 p. ; 20 cm. - Vintage classics .
R. -- A domiciliary visit -- Miss King -- The hairless Mexican -- The dark woman -- The Greek -- A trip to Paris -- Giulia Lazzari -- Gustav -- The traitor -- Behind the scenes -- His Excellency -- The flip of a coin -- A chance acquaintance -- Love and Russian literature -- Mr. Harrington's washing.
A celebrated writer by the time the war broke out in 1914, Maugham was dispatched by the Secret Service to Lucerne under the guise of completing a play, an assignment whose danger and drama appealed both to his sense of romance and of the ridiculous. The stories collected here are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.
0099289709 9780099289708
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Fiction.
Spy stories, English.
Spy fiction.
PR6025.A86 / A82 2000
823/.912