Our man in Havana (Box set #25; 10 copies -- for local books clubs)
Greene, Graham, 1904-2015
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GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. 'He carried with him the breath of beaches and the leathery smell of a good club'. This title comes with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true things suddenly get more complicated and Havana becomes a threatening place.
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Author:
Greene, Graham, 1904-Hitchens, Christopher, writer of introduction
Imprint:
London Vintage Books, 2015.©1958.
Collation:
xix, 225 pages ; 18 cm.
Notes:
First published 1958.Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
ISBN:
97815098280439780099599975009959997X
Language:
English
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BRN:
334664