Our Man In Havana: An Entertainment
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn at edges and corners, with some colour fading. Page Condition: Yellowed with age, tanning visible on interior pages. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A masterwork of satirical espionage fiction, Our Man in Havana chronicles the misadventures of James Wormold, a hapless vacuum cleaner salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba who is recruited by the British Secret Service. Desperate for the income and utterly unqualified for the role, Wormold begins fabricating agents and intelligence reports, basing his invented spy network on vacuum cleaner schematics — a deception that spirals into dangerous and darkly comic consequences. Graham Greene writes with a sharp, ironic wit that skewers the absurdity of Cold War paranoia and the incompetence of bureaucratic intelligence agencies. The novel expertly balances farce and genuine tension, demonstrating Greene's unmatched ability to find the human comedy lurking within geopolitical intrigue. Originally subtitled An Entertainment, it stands as one of the finest and most enduring comedic thrillers of the twentieth century.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Heinemann
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn at edges and corners, with some colour fading. Page Condition: Yellowed with age, tanning visible on interior pages. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A masterwork of satirical espionage fiction, Our Man in Havana chronicles the misadventures of James Wormold, a hapless vacuum cleaner salesman in pre-revolutionary Cuba who is recruited by the British Secret Service. Desperate for the income and utterly unqualified for the role, Wormold begins fabricating agents and intelligence reports, basing his invented spy network on vacuum cleaner schematics — a deception that spirals into dangerous and darkly comic consequences. Graham Greene writes with a sharp, ironic wit that skewers the absurdity of Cold War paranoia and the incompetence of bureaucratic intelligence agencies. The novel expertly balances farce and genuine tension, demonstrating Greene's unmatched ability to find the human comedy lurking within geopolitical intrigue. Originally subtitled An Entertainment, it stands as one of the finest and most enduring comedic thrillers of the twentieth century.