Our Man in Havana
"Our Man in Havana" by Graham Greene is an espionage mystery novel. Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berkhamsted School, where his father was headmaster. In all he has written forty novels, entertainments, plays, children's books, travel books, and collections of essays and short stories. He was made a Companion of Honour in 1966, and was given the O.M. in the 1986 New Year's Honours List. The setting is Havana, Cuba in 1958. This was just before Fidel Castro became president of Cuba. The country was divided up into rich and poor people. Greene described Havana with cliches such as rum/whisky, bars, girls, and prostitution. The novel is written in 3rd person, an omniscient onlooker who followed Jim Wormolds' (protagonist) thoughts and actions. Some other books by Greene are Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Comedians, The Quiet American, The Heart of the Matter, and many others. The conflict involved the British Secret Service including Mr. Wormold, the Cuban authorities, and foreign agents. It is a triangle conflict where if the B.S.S (British Secret Service) had problems with the foreign agents the Cuban authorities become involved and so on. My first impressions; I think that Wormold is devoted to his da
They are both citizens of Cuba, and were acquired to be agents in Cuba, however they do not know that the other person is an agent for another country. The first sub-plot involved Captain Segura and his love for Milly. For example the setting: ' He arrived at Santiago in the evening, the empty dangerous hours of the unofficial curfew. At the same time Segura is devoted to reveal, with the correct evidence, that Wormold is working for the B. He created imaginary people and told the B. His actions were never carried out without thinking of his daughter. Yet instead of working for the government, he worked against his country as a double agent. He illustrates his intelligence throughout the novel. The third sub-plot is Hawthorne and the M. There are too many characters in the novel. Wormold and his friend Hasselbacher, another sub-plot was the B. He continuously introduces them, which at times becomes confusing.
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