Our Man in Havana

Starred Review. Actor Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park, Tristram Shandy) has himself a ball with Greene's comic suspense novel, its Cuban setting and panoply of international characters. He downplays the religious and political undertones of the book in favor of Greene's comedy of a vacuum-cleaner salesman turned secret agent. Greene's array of Germans, Brits and native Cubans allows Northam to trot out some of the choicest examples from his stable of voices, all cleverly done. The brief bits of salsa music that punctuate the breaks between chapters underscore Northam's jaunty reading. This is one classic novel meant to be enjoyed for entertainment, not self-improvement. (June)
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As comical, satirical, atmospherical an ‘entertainment’ as he has given us. -- The Daily Telegraph, London

The ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety. -- William Golding --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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