Our Man in Havana

Another of Greene’s self proclaimed ‘entertainments’, this is a black comedy telling the story of a vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana who is asked to work as a spy for the British government. He accepts the offer as he needs the extra money it will bring but despite his best efforts he has no information to pass on. Fearful of losing new earning potential he scours the local newspapers for news and invents a network of agents. When a secretary is sent out from London to assist him his fantasy world of spies becomes very complicated.