description: Wormold is making a precarious living as a vacuum cleaner salesman in 1950s' Havana. But as the political tensions heat up, he worries that his teenage daughter Milly might be left prenniless if anything happens to him. So when a polite Englishman offers him $300-plus a month, he quickly agrees to the proposed arrangement and becomes Agent 59200/5 - M6's man in Havana. The money comes at a price, however, and as Wormold isn't keen on spying he creates imaginary reports based on Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and sketches millitary installations based on drawings of the insides of vacuum cleaners. As his creations become incresingly involved and elaborate, strange things begin happening - his imaginary creations develop the disturbing habit of turning into fact.
language: English
title: Our Man in Havana
titlecomplete: Our Man in Havana
characters: Dr. Hasselbacher, James Wormold, Captain Segura, Milly Wormold, Beatrice Severn, Hawthorne
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, British Literature, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Espionage
ratings_count: 34625
places: Havana, London, England