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Our Man in Havana
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
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.
Critic Reviews
"Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature." (John Le Carré)
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- Anonymous User
- 13-08-2023
Comedy gone slightly stale
Greene is a great writer and so kept the attention, but this was quite a dull book about somewhat stereotypical characters set in a rather cliched backdrop. Perhaps the book led to the cliches, but this did give the feel of being somewhat dated, in a way I never felt with The Quiet American. There were some very funny moments but it took getting a quarter way through before realising it was a comedy, only for Greene to seemingly back out of that and return to a form of absurdist realism that left the characters half-drawn.
The narration was excellent, but the musical interludes between chapters was misconceived.
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- AmazonPete
- 01-04-2020
Annoying music
A great and wryly amusing story by Greene, and a decent performance by Jeremy Northam, but annoyingly marred by excessive musical breaks. They were so frequent and often lengthy that they seemed like padding to make the product longer. They were unnecessary from a story or ambiance perspective, and really grated after a short time listening. If I want to listen to music I'll subscribe to something else.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-2021
Why the cheesey salsa?
Excellent reading and obviously a Greene classic but every chapter begins with exactly the same cheesey salsa music which serves to vex rather than tickle the imagination.
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- Mistadobalina
- 02-04-2022
vacuum cleaner salesman turns spy 🕵️♂️
Satisfyingly fun and satirical tale. Hijinx subterfuge and pathos in a stereotypical 1950s Cuba.
Good narration
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- Bondig
- 31-03-2020
Where is Chapter 21? It’s 18 secs long Needs a fix
Like the UK reviewer I have advised Audible of this production error.
1 star is to draw your attention
Chapter 21 should be around 5 mins in length
Please follow the subsequent reviews which may reflect their issue of a new download.
In the meantime please be aware
I’m sure it will be 5 stars when fixed
Penguin Audio should not have issued the file in this condition.
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- Craig
- 05-09-2021
Incomplete product
This is an incomplete audio book. Chapter 21 is only 18 seconds long and misses an important character’s proper introduction. This really should be rectified.
The plot has intrigue and humour and farce, but spy elements of this story are a total letdown. The character developments really carry the enduring consequence.
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