The third volume of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on Maugham's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Accountable only to 'R', Ashenden travels all over the Continent on assignments which entangle him with such characters as the traitor Grantley Caypor, the passionate Guilia Lazzari, and the sinister 'hairless Mexican'.
| ISBN: | 9780099428855 |
| Publication date: | 7th February 2002 |
| Author: | W Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Shorter Reads Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
The third volume of Somerset Maugham's Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on Maugham's own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatises both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality.
Collected Short Stories features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Shorter Reads, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Collected Short Stories was written by W Somerset Maugham and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Collected Short Stories has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
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