The novel is largely a satire and has many hilarious scenes. As she starts to go over Wormold's files, he has to stay one step ahead to keep up his many lies. His new secretary is Beatrice, a well trained and serious secretary. When the head office hears this, they take it very seriously and send him a staff. Wormold sends in a report detailing a large military structure being built in the mountains around Havana. As his reports become more exciting, London becomes very interested. He then begins to recruit imaginary agents and collect their salaries. He proceeds to send in reports to London that he fabricates completely. But he does not let this stop him from writing reports. Wormold is the most unlikely of spies as he knows nothing about intelligence gathering or how to run a covert operation. When an odd stranger confronts him in the restroom of a bar and recruits him to be a spy for the British Secret Service, Wormold sees an opportunity to provide for his daughter. He wants to give her everything she wants but as his business declines this becomes continually more difficult. The only positive thing in his life is his young daughter, Milly. His wife has left him and his business is not doing well. Jim Wormold is a British vacuum salesman in Cuba.
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