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“Graham Greene briefly worked in MI6 during World War II in West Africa, if I remember rightly. His most famous spy book is Our Man in Havana, which is a great comedy and quite light—not as bleak as the books I’ve suggested. But The Human Factor is again—and perhaps this is a bit of a theme—quite a tragic book. It’s about a man who works for a secret service and is definitely not James Bond. Quite the contrary. He’s a quiet bureaucrat who commutes to work and is a family man.” Read more...
