Our Man in Havanaby Graham Greene | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Adventure" |
| Pages: | 242 |
| Year of Publication: | 1958 |
| Date Read: | 09/13/1997 |
| Notes: | A comical story, set in Cuba before the communist revolution, about a British vacuum-cleaner salesman’s misadventures in the British Secret Intelligence Service. COMMENTS — During World War II, Greene worked for British Intelligence under Kim Philby, who later defected to the Soviet Union. Greene was also known for being strongly anti-American. This led to meetings with individuals like Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro and Manuel Noriega. |
| My Rating: | 7 |