With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts. His adolescent 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.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099286080Number of pages: 256Weight: 181 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 16 mm
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'As comical,satirical,atmospherical an "entertainment" as he has given us.'- Daily Telegraph
'He had a sharp nose for trouble and injustice. In Our Man In Havana - a witty send-up of an agent's life - it was Cuba before Castro.'- Financial Times
'Nobody should be anywhere near power who hasn't read (or seen the film of) Our Man in Havana,a powerful satire on the silly world of spying by a man who had experienced it.'- Mail on Sunday
'Graham Greene captured a pre-Castro Cuba of daiquiris and decadence... hilarious.'- Independent
'British Intelligence being sent up something rotten.'- Daily Telegraph,20 Best Spy Novels of All Time
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