Our Man in Havana

Set against the vibrant, pre-revolution backdrop of Havana, Graham Greene's 'Our Man in Havana' introduces James Wormold, a melancholic British vacuum cleaner salesman struggling to maintain his lavish-spending teenage daughter, Milly. Desperate for money, he reluctantly accepts an offer from the British Secret Intelligence Service to become their local 'station chief.' Lacking any actual intelligence to report, Wormold's vivid imagination takes flight, leading him to invent a network of sub-agents based on local acquaintances and craft increasingly elaborate, fictitious reports about secret weapon designs. What begins as a harmless charade to secure his income soon spirals out of control when London takes his fabrications seriously, deploying real agents and initiating genuine threats based on his make-believe. Wormold finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of his own creation, navigating double-crosses, assassination attempts, and the moral complexities of his fantastical espionage career, all while trying to protect his beloved daughter and maintain his increasingly precarious sanity.