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Title: Hilarious and Entertaining
Review: This was the first Graham Greene novel for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This book is a satirical look at the world of spying--set in Cuba just prior to Castro. The main character is a vacuum cleaner salesman who is reluctantly recruited to become a spy for British intelligence. The problem is that he is not cut out for the job so he just makes up his own spies and his own intelligence. That is comical enough until you find out the British and the Cubans both buy into his made up stories. What happens later is almost reminiscent of Inspector Jacques Clousteau. The ending is especially amusing. Highly recommended.
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