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It may well be that the film out does the novel, in a number of ways. Don't know if Green's THE HEART OF THE MATTER fits in here. It is a much better piece of work along some of the same lines. I vaguely remember that it has been cinemaised as well. To be slightly ON TOPIC, one shouldn't forget that Eliot was fond of the nefarious in literature, esp. Sherlock Holmes. Even used a bit MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL which he was originally going to call something like THE ARCHBISHOP MURDER CASE. The Gaurdians in THE COCKTAIL PARTY have all the characteristics of double agents, too. Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: OT: Our Man in Havana In a message dated Mon, 2 Sep 2002 2:06:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, Peter Montgomery <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Not unlike Guiness's greagt parody, OUR MAN IN HAVANNA. > >Cheers, >Peter > Thanks, Peter, for mentioning this. I didn't know there was a film version, much less with Guiness, and I was just wondering whether one had been made. I'd stumbled across the paperback recently and read it in the hope it would be as good as The Quiet American. I was a bit disappointed, but still 'twas a fun read. Also thought it seemed like the inspiration for the recent film, The Tailor of Panama. Tom K