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.

©1970 Graham Greene (P)2020 Penguin Audio

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.