The Hairless Mexican
Written by
W. Somerset Maugham
Copyright 1928
Ashenden is being sent to Italy along with a Mexican general named Manuel Carmona, a man devoid of any hair on his head. That man is to intercept a Greek passing info to the Germans. This story revolves around how the two are introduced by R and begin their journey from France.
First published in Cosmopolitan December, 1927.