Our Man Down in Havana

A completely fascinating book, immaculately researched, full of insight and telling detail. A revelation and a delight. -- William Boyd ... Mr Hull's book is a delicious companion to the tale Greene confected from the incompetence of spooks and an island in turmoil. -- The Economist It is the kind of obsessive book I like best a full-body immersion into Greeneland, which may overwhelm the uninitiated but delight his most committed readers... -- Nicholas Shakespeare - The Spectator ... often insightful and always meticulous book... -- Financial Times Christopher Hull... tells a marvellous story in Our Man Down in Havana, explaining Greene's long and complicated relationship with Cuba. His research is, frankly humbling... The book is vivid and accurate in ways that most other works on Greene simply aren't. -- Richard Greene - Literary Review Our Man Down in Havana comes complete with index, informative endnotes and some excellent photographs many of which will not have been seen before. It has been meticulously researched using a wide range of primary and secondary sources of information. -- The Graham Greene Trust Newsletter Anybody interested in either Greene or Cuba will find this a splendid read, with a trainspotterly level of detail... The best thing about Hulls book, however, is also the best thing about Greenes novel: the resurrection of Batistas Havana in all its delicious loucheness and horrific violence, a lost city that might not still retain its hold on the worlds collective memory if Graham Greene had not been in such a happily truculent mood at the airport in San Juan. -- Jake Kerridge - The Telegraph Christopher Hull... argues convincingly in his fascinating exploration of the history behind Greenes satirical spy novel... -- New Statesman The tale behind Greene's Our Man in Havana (1958) proves riveting... -- The Oldie Our Man Down in Havana... conjures the Cuban capital in all its pre-Castro glory. -- Evening Standard

Christopher Hull, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Spanish & Latin American Studies at the University of Chester. His research focuses on British interactions with Latin America. He first visited Cuba in 1997 and has traveled extensively around the island during seventeen further visits, often in the footsteps of Graham Greene. He lives in England.