Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, was short of money. His daughter had reached an expensive age -- so he accepted Hawthorne's offer of $300-plus a month and became Agent 59200/5, M.I.6's man in Havana. To keep the job, Wormold pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then the stories start becoming disturbingly true. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, was short of money. His daughter had reached an expensive age -- so he accepted Hawthorne's offer of $300-plus a month and became Agent 59200/5, M.I.6's man in Havana. To keep the job, Wormold pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then the stories start becoming disturbingly true. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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One of his best books. They also made a movie of it which was an excellent adaptation. There is only one problem: Graham Greene was strongly anti-American to the end of his days. He thought we were a bunch of ignorant yahoos and made it plain in his writing. If that bothers you, don't buy any of his books. I solved the problem by always buying used copies so he received no royalties.
Greene was mostly poking fun at the British Secret Service. As one of their own they took it. The book is well written, fast moving, and interesting.
livres
Mar 4, 2010
A great read!
Humor, suspense, and insight into the human condition. Greene's writing is always a pleasure.
Joe1945
Mar 5, 2009
I read this book years ago, and I enjoyed the reading of it again. Sometimes I think there is a bit of truth in the fiction and I see it in some of the things our government does today.
