Ashenden, or, The British agent

By W. Somerset Maugham

Book Overview

The classic spy story collection that inspired John Le Carr , Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, Len Deighton and other 20th Century masters of the spy thriller, & caused a national security scandal in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000856YFC
• Release Date: January 1928
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

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Book Overview is Incorrect

The book overview for this book is a misplaced description of another book. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a 1927 collection of loosely linked stories by W. Somerset Maugham. It is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War.

A literary James Bond.

An amazing fictional account of Maugham's real life adventures as a spy for Great Britain during WW I. Written in Maughm's usual concise and elogant prose, these stories make the reader root for Ashenden who is nothing short of a literary James Bond. This account, written as a collection of short independent stories, shows that, when in the hands of an author with a command of the English language, suspense and intrigue can be create in a book in other ways besides stringing together one action scene after another. Simply Maugham at his best