Author | : John le Carré |
File Size | : 52,9 Mb |
Publisher | : Penguin Canada |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 27 July 2010 |
ISBN | : 9780143183044 |
Pages | : 336 pages |
The Mission Song by John le Carré Book PDF Summary
In his twentieth novel, John le Carré returns to Africa with a new tale of mystery and corruption that bears the hallmarks of classic le Carré storytelling. By turns thriller, romance, and exposé of post-colonial politics, The Mission Song chronicles interpreter Bruno Salvador’s journey into the darkness of Western hypocrisy and deceit. Born to a Congolese mother and an Irish–French father and educated in Britain, “Salvo” is the faithful servant eager to play his minor part in brokering a deal that would ostensibly bring peace and prosperity to the resource-rich but ravaged Congo. But Salvo finds himself both hunter and prey when he stumbles into a carefully plotted swindle that will only further devastate his birthplace.