![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course these go straight into Wormold’s bank account. He knows nothing that is of value to the British secret service so he makes it all up – soon imaginary spies and informers whose names he picks from directories and membership lists are taking cash payments direct from HM government. However Wormold’s debts increase and soon he is on the payroll of the British government. He is a spy and wants to recruit Wormold to his network, but Wormold is reluctant to get involved. Hawthorne, an Englishman, walks into the vacuum cleaner shop. Her father spoils her, buying her a pony and membership of the country club: but money is short. His daughter Milly aged 17 is a beautiful catholic girl – a duenna Wormold calls her – but she is on the verge of womanhood and subject to the advances of Captain Segura a notorious torturer and member of the political police. The protagonist James Wormold is neither hero nor anti-hero: he is a vacuum cleaner salesman working in Cuba. Greene can be tortured by his conscience, and often writes about violence, suffering and cruelty, so previously I had assumed Our Man in Havana would be a depressing read.īut I only needed to watch the movie for a few minutes to realise it was quite amusing and obviously a comedy – one of the books that Greene himself used to call entertainments – so I picked it up on Kindle. ![]() Image from the 1959 film – Our Man in HavanaĪ black and white film made in 1959 and starring Alec Guinness drew my attention to this book. ![]()
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