“Our man in Havana” Graham Greene (1958) Review | All tangled up

★★★★☆  You’re in Havana during the Cold War, you are a boring ordinary man who sells vacuum cleaners but somehow you become as a British spy. Soon things go out of hands, for the government. Exhilarating, fun read.

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Our man in Havana
Graham Greene, 1958
UK
256 pages
Read in 2023.07


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Strange little spy comedy novel that's also a perfect story.
You're in Havana, Cuba during the Cold War, you are a boring ordinary man who sells vacuum cleaners but somehow you become as a British spy.
To keep up with your daughter who spends all your money in creative ways, you don't want to lose the income but it all goes haywire.

It's both unbelievable and believable, some misunderstanding here and exaggeration there, who is there to deny his reports? I mean why not have fun while they are at it, let the man ridicule the authority and get away with it.
His love for his daughter, what else would you need if you have her?

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Our Man in Havana

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Our Man in Havana (Vintage Classics)

●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
Il nostro agente all'avana (Italiano)