by William Somerset Maugham · Vintage Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099289708
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«Ashenden» is W. Somerset Maugham's collection of spy stories, published by Vintage Classics in paperback (326 pages, in English).
In First World War Europe, the sixteen interconnected stories follow Ashenden, a writer who works for the British secret service as a spy. Maugham drew on his own experience as an agent in Switzerland and portrays the intrigue, betrayal, brutality and absurdity of espionage.
The full original title is «Ashenden: Or the British Agent»; the work was first published in 1927 and this Vintage Classics edition is from 2000.
Recommended for readers of British classics and fans of spy fiction set during the First World War.
William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.
