Our Man In Havana

De: Graham Greene

Narrado por: Jeremy Northam

Brought to you by Penguin.

Discover Graham Greene’s blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana.

'Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature' John Le Carré

Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true, things suddenly get more complicated and Havana becomes a threatening place.

© Graham Greene 1970 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Reseñas de la Crítica

As comical, satirical, atmospherical an "entertainment" as he has given us

He had a sharp nose for trouble and injustice. In Our Man In Havana - a witty send-up of an agent's life - it was Cuba before Castro

Nobody should be anywhere near power who hasn't read (or seen the film of) Our Man in Havana, a powerful satire on the silly world of spying by a man who had experienced it

Graham Greene captured a pre-Castro Cuba of daiquiris and decadence... hilarious

British Intelligence being sent up something rotten

The human story is warm and the satire made me laugh out loud (Simon Shepherd)

Quite brilliant

A superbly crafted story with elements of farce, satire, and the surreal. Laughed more than I have in a good while. Excellent narration from a hugely gifted narrator. The music between each chapter added nicely.

easy entertainment

easily entertaining, more comedic than greene's other novels, good performance (with slightly annoying musical interludes)

Irritating music

In a world where music is the new silence it is no surprise, simply disappointing, that it has now insinuated its way into talking books. No doubt the brainchild of some young marketing whizkid who can't conceive of the possibility that words alone will suffice.