...d pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. His employers trust in them and provide more money, modern equipment, a secretary Beatrice - and a professional decoder. hen they arrive in Cuba ormolds stories start coming disturbingly true, his imaginary sub-agents become alive and some people sho that they ould like to see him dead....In my opinion the most amusing incident is hen ormold is invited to a meeting and is arned a fe hours before, that someone is going to poison him in the dining room. In spite of that he decides to go there.ormold tries not to eat anything that is served and changes the plates. As luck ould have it he spills his hisky and the cooks dog licks it. It dies a fe seconds later and ormold prefers to leave because of the cooks anger.Letter to a publisherDear Mr. HerbertLast eek I finished my latest novel Our Man In Havana and I think this book is bound to become a mega-seller. It describes the story of Mr. ormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, ho lives in Havana. His daughter has reached an expensive age so he accepts Hathornes offer of 300-plus a month.... and becomes Agent 592005, M.I.6s man in Havana. To keep the job, ormold pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then the stories start coming disturbingly true....Ive already shon this book to several people and they all ere fascinated. For example illiam Heinemann from the Financial Times roteHe has a sharp nose for trouble and injustice. In Our Man In Havana a itty send-up of an agents life it is Cuba before Castro The cover ould be illustrated by Paul Hogarth. Ive sent you a copy of the script it ould be nice if you read through it you ont be disappointed.Graham GreeneA Different final chapterEpilogue in LondonThey had looked at him curiously hen he gave his name, and then they had put him into a lift and taken him, a little to his surprise don and not up. As they told him, he left the lift hen a green light appeared. Hathorne came don the corridor and ent by ithout saying a ord. He moved into the lift and the doors closed.ormold ent don the corridor hen he heard a loud cry of a oman.... Beatrice!He ran to the door the noise as coming from and opened it forcefully. There ere already some nice people aiting for him and he looked straight into the barrel of a gun. Hullo ormold nice to see you..., a man ith a bald said hile turning around in his luxurious leather chair. He ore a black monocle and looked rather poerful. Immediately a gorilla came into ormolds mind. hat have you done to Beatrice, he asked. Dont think about her, I ould never do anything to such a beautiful ladyhe assured and pointed at a cassette-recorder standing in front of him. She is orking in Jakarta no.hats thatThe end of the orld. Farther than Basra. Im convinced that this punishment isnt too hard besides she hasnt broken our internal las. But other people have...He played ith a paper knife hile staring at him. But e dont need to have such an uncomfortable conversation sit don ormold!I prefer to stand. You have no right to send her to Jakarta she has nothing to do ith anything.You arent supposed to be demanding. Remember your situation....The palms of ormolds hands began do seat. He regretted having invented the story of the enormous eapons hidden in the jungle. But ho thought that a secret service ould believe in plans of vacuum cleaners....Okay, theres no ay out for me am I going to be shotRight, if you ant to., the gorilla said and raised a gun. ormold heard the shot and fell on the floor. A fe minutes later, hen he recovered consciousness, he as surrounded by many people singing Happy Birthday. In front of him stood Milly ith a huge birthday cake and said Congratulations to your 40th birthday this as a nice trick e played on you, asnt it And there are other nes Captain Segura and me are going to marry next eek!These ords here the last things he recognised before everything ent black.......
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