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The mission song / John le Carré.

by Le Carré, John, 1931-2020.

Viking Canada, c2006.

Translators -- Fiction.

Intelligence officers -- Fiction.

World politics -- Fiction.

Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction.

9780670065448 (2006 Viking Canada hc.)

9780316016759 (2006 Back Bay Books trade pbk.)

9780316016742 (2006 Little Brown hc.)

0316016748 (2006 Little Brown hc.)

339 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Working as an interpreter for British Intelligence, Bruno Salvador, the abandoned son of an Irish father and Congolese mother, is sent to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference among Central African warlords. "The engrossing tale of an idealistic and naïve British interpreter, Bruno "Salvo" Salvador. The 29-year-old Congo native's mixed parentage puts him in a tentative position in society, despite his being married to an attractive upper-class white Englishwoman, who's a celebrity journalist. Salvo's genius with languages has led to steady work from a variety of employers, including covert assignments from shadowy government entities. One such job enmeshes the interpreter in an ambitious scheme to finally bring stability to the much victimized Congo, and Salvo's personal stake in the outcome tests his professionalism and ethics. Amid the bursts of humor, le Carré convincingly conveys his empathy for the African nation and his cynicism at its would-be saviors, both home-grown patriots and global powers seeking to impose democracy on a failed state."--Publisher's Weekly.

Political thriller.

Suspense fiction.

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