From the Bookshelf of Catching up on Classics (and lots more!)…

Our Man in Havana

Graham Greene

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

Discussion: New School Classics- 1915-2005

Why we're reading this: November 2020 New School Classic Group Read
[close] November 2020 New School Classic Group Read

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 396 topics — 15,967 comments total

New School Classics- 1915-2005

The Stepford Wives - Spoilers
By Lynn , Old School Classics · 17 posts · 49 views

last updated Oct 25, 2025 07:41PM

Forsyte Saga: July -Sept 2025 MRA - Spoilers
By Katy , Quarterly Long Reads · 57 posts · 86 views

last updated Oct 25, 2025 09:26AM

showing 10 of 32 topics view all »

Other topics mentioning this book

This topic has been closed to new comments.

Please Introduce Yourself
By Katy , Quarterly Long Reads · 7044 posts · 5059 views

last updated Dec 31, 2020 11:28AM

A-Z Title Challenge - 2015
By Bob , Short Story Classics · 148 posts · 237 views

last updated Jan 02, 2016 06:22AM

Melanti's Challenges& Reading lists
By Melanti · 39 posts · 143 views

last updated Dec 01, 2017 08:56AM

What's everyone reading right now?
By Trisha · 8028 posts · 3208 views

last updated Jun 16, 2021 08:32AM

Francisca's Personal Challenges
By Francisca · 16 posts · 65 views

last updated Feb 27, 2018 07:26PM

Around the World in 80 Books Challenge - 2014
By Kat · 64 posts · 248 views

last updated Jan 03, 2015 08:02AM

Lori's Centuries Challenge
By deleted member · 12 posts · 34 views

last updated Apr 16, 2018 09:56AM

Candi's 2019 Bingo Challenge
By Candi · 79 posts · 184 views

last updated Jan 03, 2020 04:32PM

Sara's Classics Buffet for 2020
By Sara , New School Classics · 153 posts · 189 views

last updated Dec 03, 2020 02:20PM

August Reading Plans
By Bob , Short Story Classics · 22 posts · 65 views

last updated Aug 29, 2020 02:51AM

What Members Thought

Nov 15, 2018 RJ - Slayer of Trolls rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: guardian-1000-read

Perhaps it's safest to assume every expatriate living in pre-revolution Cuba is a spy in Greene's classic Cold War espionage satire. Vacuum salesman James Wormold has no interest in being an MI6 agent but the money sure comes in handy in raising his beautiful teenage daughter, who has caught the eye of a notoriously dangerous military Captain. Greene's brisk prose is alternately hilarious and touching and even thought-provoking at times, accomplishing more in 228 pages than most authors achieve ...more

12 likes · Like · see review

Jun 07, 2011 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mtbr-challenge-2012, read-2012, fiction-20th-century, suspense-thriller, bookcrossing

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).