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Given the supposed military intelligence that led to the war in Iraq, it's tempting to look to books such as "Our Man in Havana," Graham Greene's comic spy novel about the Cold War, for parallels to our current situation. (In the book, drawings of pieces of a household vacuum cleaner are passed off as schematics for sophisticated weaponry.) Rather than there being any direct correlation, however, it brings more to mind that quote sometimes attributed to Mark Twain about how history may not repea
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Since a long time ago that I wanted to read this book and this opportunity came through BookCrossing.
The story is a parody of the traditional books of spying: when a vacuum-cleaner salesman could become a british agent of MI6 in Cuba?
Another fact that must be taken into account is that this book was written in 1958 for the reader not to lose the historical context of that time.
Alec Guinness and Maureen O'Hara acted in the movie version of this book (1959).
This book will be released at Bibliotec ...more
The story is a parody of the traditional books of spying: when a vacuum-cleaner salesman could become a british agent of MI6 in Cuba?
Another fact that must be taken into account is that this book was written in 1958 for the reader not to lose the historical context of that time.
Alec Guinness and Maureen O'Hara acted in the movie version of this book (1959).
This book will be released at Bibliotec ...more
Funnier than I expected, and hard not to love an accidental secret agent.
As always Greene weaves a wonderful tale, not just of intrigue, but of terrific characterization. One of my favorite authors, for sure.
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