Our Man in Havana

　　伍爾摩是一位旅居古巴哈瓦那的英國商人，經營一家吸塵器代理店，並獨力扶著十七歲的女兒梅莉。女兒日漸成熟美麗，伍爾摩開始擔心她的教育問題，卻苦於 力不足，無法替她安排好的出路。就在此時，一位神祕的英國情報人員出現了，他中伍爾摩做為他的下線情報員，以蒐集當地的情報。伍爾摩在金錢的誘惑下，開始 身邊的事物「製造」情報。英國情報本部深信不疑，將吸塵器草圖視為核子武器，衣舞孃當作臥底間諜；敵方的情報部也跳進來反制，虛構的人物竟一一浮現，而伍 摩也陷入危機……令人啼笑皆非的情節，襯托出情報世界的荒謬，誠屬佳作！

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　　Life in pre-revolutionary Cuba is not easy and James Wormold, a failing vacuum cleaner salesman, is struggling to fund the increasingly lavish lifestyle of his manipulative sixteen year-old daughter, Milly. So when an enigmatic Englishman offers him an extra income in return for a little spying, he is sorely tempted . . . But when the fake reports he’s been sending to London start to come true, Havana suddenly becomes a very dangerous place indeed.

　　Both a brilliant Cold War thriller and hilarious work of satire, Our Man in Havana is Graham Greene’s classic tale of an accidental spy, and a truly gripping read.

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葛雷安．葛林（Graham Greene）

　　生於一九○四年。牛津大學貝利奧爾學院畢業之後，在 《泰晤士報》做過四年副編輯。他的第四本小說《史坦堡特快車》使他聲譽大起。除了寫出很多本長篇小說外，葛林也寫了好幾本短篇小說集、四本遊記、六齣舞台 劇、三本自傳《小說家的人生》、《逃避途徑》、《我自己的世界》（出版於他逝世之後）兩本傳記以及四本童書。他也為報章雜誌寫過幾百篇雜文、影評、書評， 有些收錄在《沉思錄》和《黑暗中的早晨》文集裡。他寫的長篇和短篇小說很多都拍成了電影，其中《黑獄亡魂》還寫成電影腳本。葛雷安?葛林曾獲功績勳章以及 榮譽侍從榮銜。一九九一年四月去世。

　　Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.