Graham Powell:
> I can't remember the title, but this was one of his
stories about Ashenden
> (from the antho. of the same name), a British spy
during the first world
> war. I understand that Maugham himself was a spy,
and that the stories
are
> more or less autobiographical. I've read several and
they're all pretty
> good.
>
The book was published in 1928. I had the book but have no
idea where it is. I read it when I was in my early teens, and
I'm sure it was my first exposure to espionage fiction. IFrom
what I remember, most of it took place in Switzerland.
Mark
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