Our Man in Havana

In Graham Greene's 1959 novel Our Man in Havana, the story follows Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman who reluctantly becomes an MI6 secret agent out of financial necessity. To maintain his position, he fabricates extravagant reports inspired by Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, conjuring up imaginary military installations. As his fictional accounts bizarrely manifest into reality, the narrative unfolds as an engaging blend of espionage thriller, character study, and political satire, all set against the tense backdrop of the Cold War.