Synopses & Reviews
Graham Greenes classic Cuban spy story, now with a new package and a new introduction
First published in 1959, "Our Man in Havana" is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates today. Conceived as one of Graham Greenes entertainments, it tells of MI6s man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Lambs "Tales from Shakespeare" and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true.
Review:
As comical, satirical, atmospherical an [entertainment' as he has given us. (The Daily Telegraph, London)
About the Author
Graham Greene (1904 &1991) is the author of twenty-five novels. He worked for the British secret service during World War II, an experience reflected in many of his novels.
Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, a book critic for the Atlantic Monthly, and the author of more than a dozen books, including Why Orwell Matters and Love, Poverty, and War.
Don't Miss
