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Our Man in Havana
- 246 pages · about 4 hours
- First published 1958
- 87 editions
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1 About this book
Our Man in Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the English author Graham Greene. Greene uses the novel to mock intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants.
The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 1959, directed by Carol Reed and starring Alec Guinness. In 1963, it was adapted into an opera by Malcolm Williamson to a libretto by Sidney Gilliat, who had worked on the film. In 2007, it was adapted into a play by Clive Francis, which has toured the UK several times and been performed in various parts of the world.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: humor and spy fiction.
- Humor
- Thrillers, espionage
- Spy stories
- Intelligence service
- Working class
- Secret service
- Intelligence officers
- Classical literature
2 About Graham Greene
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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