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Our Man in Havana
novel by Greene
Our Man in Havana, novel by Graham Greene, published in 1958 and classified by the author as an âentertainment.â Set in Cuba before the communist revolution, the book is a comical spy story about a British vacuum-cleaner salesmanâs misadventures in the British Secret Intelligence Service. Although many critics found fault with the bookâs overly farcical style, it was also admired for its skillful rendering of the Cuban locale.
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