Our Woman in Havana - Sarah Rainsford
Our Woman in Havana - Sarah Rainsford It was only when I reread Our Man in Havana that I realised I shared a street with the hapless spy hero of Graham Greene's novel. A piece of paper strapped to…
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Our Woman in Havana - Sarah Rainsford
It was only when I reread Our Man in Havana that I realised I shared a street with the hapless spy hero of Graham Greene's novel. A piece of paper strapped to the swirling, rusted window bars announces that the lower floor flat is for sale. My office was just a short distance from the fictional vacuum cleaner store run by Jim Wormold...
Now, as the Castro era comes to a close, Sarah Rainsford, formerly the BBC's 'woman in Havana', reports on the lives shaped by Fidel's giant social experiment and the feelings of a nation as his brother Raul steps down.She encounters entrepreneurs full of hope and the disillusioned still looking for a way out. She I wonder if the owner's selling up to leave Lamparilla and the 'ruins of Havana', like Wormold.Sixty years ago, Graham Greene watched as the Cuban revolution unfolded and Batista's regime collapsed.