Ashenden · Character
Grantley Caypor
A loud, jovial Englishman of forty-five living cheaply in a Swiss pension with his German wife, whose bonhomie may be hiding something far darker.
supporting
Also known as Caypor, Grantley, Herr Caypor
First appearance: x the traitor
As a supporting figure in Ashenden, Grantley Caypor is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
An Englishman suspected of being a German spy in Lucerne; Ashenden asks Gustav for information about him.
Caypor bursts into the dull dining-room of a Swiss hotel with a resonant voice, a bull-terrier named Fritzi, and an appetite for beer that makes the whole room sit up. He is English, his wife is German, and his fluent German carries a marked English accent — a small detail Ashenden files away. When Mrs. Caypor notices the stranger and murmurs to her husband, Caypor's gaze fixes on Ashenden, and the pleasant holiday atmosphere begins to curdle into something watchful.
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Espionage network core
- Protagonist
- Miscellaneous contacts and targets
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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- Ashenden
professional · negative
Ashenden is assigned to surveil and ultimately betray Grantley Caypor, a suspected German… How this plays out →
- Fritzi
family · positive
- Ashenden
professional · negative
Ashenden is assigned to surveil and ultimately betray Grantley Caypor, a suspected German… How this plays out →
- Ashenden
professional · negative
Ashenden is assigned to surveil and ultimately betray Grantley Caypor, a suspected German… How this plays out →
- Fritzi
family · positive
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