The hero of Graham Greene's black comedy Our Man in Havana is Wormald, a vacuum-cleaner salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba, which is beset by power cuts. Milly, his sixteen year-old beautiful, devoutly Catholic but materialistic and manipulative daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true, things suddenly get more ...
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The hero of Graham Greene's black comedy Our Man in Havana is Wormald, a vacuum-cleaner salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba, which is beset by power cuts. Milly, his sixteen year-old beautiful, devoutly Catholic but materialistic and manipulative daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true, things suddenly get more complicated and Havana becomes a threatening place. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
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One of his best books. They also made a movie of it which was an excellent adaptation. There is only one problem: Graham Greene was strongly anti-American to the end of his days. He thought we were a bunch of ignorant yahoos and made it plain in his writing. If that bothers you, don't buy any of his books. I solved the problem by always buying used copies so he received no royalties.
Greene was mostly poking fun at the British Secret Service. As one of their own they took it. The book is well written, fast moving, and interesting.
livres
Mar 4, 2010
A great read!
Humor, suspense, and insight into the human condition. Greene's writing is always a pleasure.
Joe1945
Mar 5, 2009
I read this book years ago, and I enjoyed the reading of it again. Sometimes I think there is a bit of truth in the fiction and I see it in some of the things our government does today.
