Our Man in Havana
Ratings23
Average rating4
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Ratings23
Average rating4
Follows the plight of Wormold, a former vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job for MI6 as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them.
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Girls are expensive
horses won't pay for themselves
dad gets creative.
At first I was irritated with Wormold because he seemed so passive, and it really bothered me the way the beauty and religion of his daughter allowed her to manipulate him. Come on Wormold, get some confidence! He sank further in my esteem after his encounter with Hawthorne - come on Wormold, don't let him talk over you! And then.... well, then it gets interesting. Very interesting. Turns out Wormold has a little gumption after all.
Sort of reminds me of [a:Elmore Leonard 12940 Elmore Leonard https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1240015224p2/12940.jpg] who shows you the human side of the ‘bad' guys in a way that you're rooting for both sides and feeling a bit conflicted to say so.Lots of humor, some great characters, good storytelling, and some interesting wrapping up at the end.
Great political satire and an entertaining spy story at the same time. Good stuff.
