OUR MAN IN HAVANA

Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies brings his considerable talent to one of Graham Greene's best-known novels. James Wormold, a vacuum cleaner retailer, invents a spy ring in order to cover his daughter's extravagances. Davies manipulates accents, vocal tones, and pitch ranges to bring the characters to life. He enhances the novel's dark (sometimes very dark) humor, as well. The pace of the story varies but never falters. Greene wrote both serious novels and others he considered "entertainment." This one includes some of the best elements of both types: the suspense and action of the entertainment and the deep, subtle characterizations of the serious work. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2024]