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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