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Christopher Oxford
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When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. Multilingual, knowledgeable about many European countries, and a celebrated writer, Maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous.
The stories collected in Ashenden 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.
©1955 W. Somerset Maugham (P)2012 Audible, Ltd.Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Ashenden
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- Alex Jeffrey SC
- 07-29-20
Superb
Ashenden has always been one of my favorite Somerset Maugham books. This book underscored my enjoyment of the prose. It was beautifully narrated by Christopher Oxford. I would highly recommend it.
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- tom
- 01-29-13
a jolly gay time at the spying business
as the author notes, right at the beginning, this set of stories is loosely based on his own experiences in the british secret service during world war one. now maugham is a very readable author, even at his unreadable worst, by which i mean to say that it is entirely possible to be bored by him and even put to sleep by him, but he's never bad company. his short stories, some of which run to 40 pages or so, are almost never boring, even if they are pretty predictable. they were written for the common man or common hausfrau of the times, and so they are rarely risking giving you a mental blow-out. his best stories are the spy stories about the writer/agent "ashenden", which together form a terrific spy novel. it's easy to see how this book formed the template from which eric ambler and ian fleming would take their inspiration for their respective spies. well, on the other hand it must also be said that at the time when maugham wrote these stories both the readers and the author were pretty discreet about some matters, such as their homosexuality, whereas a modern reader can't help but notice that all these characters in the book are manifest closet gays. well, much the same could be said about the characters in thomas mann's novels and stories, but "ashenden"'s 40 pages at the sanatorium beat mann's 1000-or-so pages of the "magic mountain" hands down, so don't allow this observation to ruin the fun for you. this IS a terrific book, and the audio reader here does it justice, very nicely. of course at some later date you should try and read it yourself. as i was saying, maugham is always very pleasant company, and this is probably the best place to start getting acquainted with him.
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- eran 26
- 05-31-22
Avoid if you like Maugham
I'm a great Maugham fan, and have been enjoying him immensely, through a list of Best Maugham books I've found somewhere on the Web.
But this one was terrible.
Apparently Maugham tried to earn some easy money, or just wanted to try himself in the espionage genre.
Well, it didn't work.
In his preface he criticizes Chechov's writing, and in this novel he himself brings out all that's bad about Chechov's short stories.
Because this is not really a novel, but a collection of short stories about this agent, Ashendon, loosely connected, and having no real point, and none of what's so grand about this writer - deep reflections on Life.
Not to mention some racist remarks strewn here and there.
Mr Oxford's performance is perfect.
Not the book.
Hope the rest of the list of top Maugham books picks itself up...
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