The Mission Song A Novel

John le Carré

eBook - 2006

Full of politics, heart, and the sort of suspense that nobody in the world does better, The Mission Song turns John Le Carre's laser eye for the complexity of the modern world on turmoil and conspiracy in Africa. Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador has long looked for someone to guide his life. He has found it in Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing, and fluency in numerous African languages, has made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats — and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room,"Salvo (as he's known) translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voi...ce mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret during a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he hears something he...

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Published
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Main Author
John le Carré
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ISBN9780316135719
ASINB000MAH6C8
Release Date9/1/2006
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780759568075
Release Date9/1/2006