| Our Man in Havana Contributor(s): Greene, Graham (Author), Hitchens, Christopher (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0142438006 ISBN-13: 9780142438008 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006052794 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.18" W x 7.74" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: MI6's man in Havana is Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true... First published in 1959 against the backdrop of the Cold War, Our Man in Havana remains one of Graham Greene's most widely read novels. It is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire of government intelligence that still resonates today. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |