The Mission Song

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.Brunos 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 hes known) translates
intercepted phone calls bugged recordings snatched voice
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 should not have….Building
upon the box office success of le Carres The Constant
Gardener (like THE MISSION SONG built around turmoil and
conspiracy in Africa) and le Carres laser eye for the
complexity of the modern world (seen in Absolute Friends
prediction that the Iraq war would be based on phony and
manipulated intelligence) this new novel is a crowning
achievement full of politics heart and the sort of
suspense that nobody in the world does better.