The Resource Our man down in Havana : the story behind Graham Greene's Cold War spy novel, Christopher Hull
Our man down in Havana : the story behind Graham Greene's Cold War spy novel, Christopher Hull
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- Summary
- Exploring the backstory that led to the writing of Graham Greene's beloved satirical spy novel, Our Man Down in Havana evokes this pivotal time and place in the author's life. When U.S. immigration authorities deported Graham Greene from Puerto Rico in 1954, the British author made an unplanned visit to Havana and discovered that "every vice was permissible and every trade possible" in a Caribbean fleshpot of mafia-run casinos and nude revues. The former MI6 officer had stumbled upon the ideal setting for a comic espionage story. Three years later, he returned in the midst of Fidel Castro's guerrilla insurgency against a U.S.-backed dictator to begin writing his iconic novel Our Man in Havana. Twelve weeks after its publication, the Cuban Revolution triumphed in January 1959, soon transforming a capitalist playground into a communist stronghold. Combining biography, history, and politics, Our Man Down in Havana investigates the real story behind Greene's fictional one. This includes his many visits to a pleasure island that became a revolutionary island, turning his chance involvement into a political commitment. His Cuban novel describes an amateur agent who dupes his intelligence chiefs with invented reports about "concrete platforms and unidentifiable pieces of giant machinery." With eerie prescience, Greene's satirical tale had foretold the Cold War's most perilous episode, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Introduction
- A writing life
- Part 1. Before the Cuban Revolution. Brother, sister, brother, spy
- Cold War settings
- Havana Vice
- Down in Havana
- Our arms in Havana
- Part 2. After the Cuban Revolution. Shooting "Our man in Havana"
- Reality imitates fiction
- "Return to Cuba"
- "Shadow and sunlight in Cuba": finally meeting Fidel
- From Havana with love
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781643130187
- Label
- Our man down in Havana : the story behind Graham Greene's Cold War spy novel
- Title
- Our man down in Havana
- Title remainder
- the story behind Graham Greene's Cold War spy novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Hull
- Title variation
- Our man down in Havana
- Title variation remainder
- the story behind Graham Greenes cold war spy novel
- Subject
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- trueVoyages and travels
- trueAuthors, English -- 20th century
- trueAutobiographical fiction -- History and criticism
- trueBritish in foreign countries
- trueCold War
- trueCold war
- Cuba -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- Cuba -- In literature
- trueCuba -- Politics and government -- 1933-1959
- trueCuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990
- trueCulture conflict
- Espionage -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
- trueEspionage in literature
- trueFiction writing
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 -- Travel -- Cuba
- trueHavana, Cuba
- trueIntelligence service
- trueIsland life
- trueRevolutionaries
- Spy stories, American -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Exploring the backstory that led to the writing of Graham Greene's beloved satirical spy novel, Our Man Down in Havana evokes this pivotal time and place in the author's life. When U.S. immigration authorities deported Graham Greene from Puerto Rico in 1954, the British author made an unplanned visit to Havana and discovered that "every vice was permissible and every trade possible" in a Caribbean fleshpot of mafia-run casinos and nude revues. The former MI6 officer had stumbled upon the ideal setting for a comic espionage story. Three years later, he returned in the midst of Fidel Castro's guerrilla insurgency against a U.S.-backed dictator to begin writing his iconic novel Our Man in Havana. Twelve weeks after its publication, the Cuban Revolution triumphed in January 1959, soon transforming a capitalist playground into a communist stronghold. Combining biography, history, and politics, Our Man Down in Havana investigates the real story behind Greene's fictional one. This includes his many visits to a pleasure island that became a revolutionary island, turning his chance involvement into a political commitment. His Cuban novel describes an amateur agent who dupes his intelligence chiefs with invented reports about "concrete platforms and unidentifiable pieces of giant machinery." With eerie prescience, Greene's satirical tale had foretold the Cold War's most perilous episode, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10762911
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hull, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 823.912
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
-
- E183.8.C9
- PR6013.R44
- PR6013.R44
- LC item number
-
- H85 2019
- O934 2019
- Z63349 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Greene, Graham
- Greene, Graham
- Espionage
- Cold War
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Spy stories, American
- Espionage in literature
- Cuba
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the story behind Graham Greene's cold war spy novel
- Label
- Our man down in Havana : the story behind Graham Greene's Cold War spy novel, Christopher Hull
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- unmediated
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- Contents
- Introduction -- A writing life -- Part 1. Before the Cuban Revolution. Brother, sister, brother, spy -- Cold War settings -- Havana Vice -- Down in Havana -- Our arms in Havana -- Part 2. After the Cuban Revolution. Shooting "Our man in Havana" -- Reality imitates fiction -- "Return to Cuba" -- "Shadow and sunlight in Cuba": finally meeting Fidel -- From Havana with love -- Conclusion
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781643130187
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
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- on1084402249
- (OCoLC)1084402249
- Label
- Our man down in Havana : the story behind Graham Greene's Cold War spy novel, Christopher Hull
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- unmediated
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- n
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Introduction -- A writing life -- Part 1. Before the Cuban Revolution. Brother, sister, brother, spy -- Cold War settings -- Havana Vice -- Down in Havana -- Our arms in Havana -- Part 2. After the Cuban Revolution. Shooting "Our man in Havana" -- Reality imitates fiction -- "Return to Cuba" -- "Shadow and sunlight in Cuba": finally meeting Fidel -- From Havana with love -- Conclusion
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781643130187
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
-
- on1084402249
- (OCoLC)1084402249
Subject
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueAuthors, English -- 20th century
- trueAutobiographical fiction -- History and criticism
- trueBritish in foreign countries
- trueCold War
- trueCold war
- Cuba -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- Cuba -- In literature
- trueCuba -- Politics and government -- 1933-1959
- trueCuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990
- trueCulture conflict
- Espionage -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century
- trueEspionage in literature
- trueFiction writing
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 -- Travel -- Cuba
- trueHavana, Cuba
- trueIntelligence service
- trueIsland life
- trueRevolutionaries
- Spy stories, American -- History and criticism
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