This "Of Human Bondage" author's experiences as a spy inspired his "Ashenden: Or the British Agent"
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W. Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia  Maugham used his spying experiences as the basis for Ashenden: Or the British Agent, a collection of short stories about a gentlemanly, sophisticated, aloof spy.
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Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene  Reviews, Discussion ...  First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, ..... Of course, Wormold is about the worst candidate you could possibly find to be a spy. ...... My main issue with the book is how vague the author was with Wormold and .... inclined to read anything else by a writer many feel was robbed of the Nobel Prize.
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Eye of the Needle - Wikipedia  Eye of the Needle is a spy thriller novel written by Welsh author Ken Follett. It was originally .... The Man from St. Petersburg (1982); Lie Down with Lions (1986); Night Over Water (1991); The Third Twin (1996); The Hammer of Eden (1998)...
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Yossarian - Wikipedia  Also covered in this article are the characters Snowden and Yossarian's tentmates. Capt. John Yossarian is a fictional character, the protagonist of Joseph Heller's satirical novel Catch-22 ... Yossarian's motivation is to "live forever or die in the attempt". To survive the war, Yossarian employs a number of strategies:.
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Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham - Free eBook  Free eBook: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. This novel deals with the life of its main character Philip Carey, who, like Maugham, was orphaned...
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