The Mission Song
1925
Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books (Verlag)
978-1-84456-204-6 (ISBN)
Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books (Verlag)
978-1-84456-204-6 (ISBN)
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In an historic year for John le Carre, Hodder & Stoughton are proud to announce the publication of THE MISSION SONG - here, read by David Oyelowo on audio
Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine year old orphaned love-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secret sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired by his mentor Brother Michael to train as a professional interpreter in the minority African languages of which, almost from birth, he has been an obsessive collector. Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by City corporations, hospitals, law courts, the Immigration services and -- inevitably -- the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted -- and won -- by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope, star reporter on one of our great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. Yet even as the story opens, a contrary and irresistible love is dawning in him. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese warlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his re-awoken African conscience.
Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine year old orphaned love-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secret sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired by his mentor Brother Michael to train as a professional interpreter in the minority African languages of which, almost from birth, he has been an obsessive collector. Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by City corporations, hospitals, law courts, the Immigration services and -- inevitably -- the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted -- and won -- by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope, star reporter on one of our great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. Yet even as the story opens, a contrary and irresistible love is dawning in him. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese warlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his re-awoken African conscience.
John le Carre was born in 1931. His recent novels include ABSOLUTE FRIENDS, SINGLE & SINGLE (for which he was described as 'the essential voice of our time' by the Daily Telegraph)and THE CONSTANT GARDENER. THE MISSION SONG is his twentieth novel.
| Verlagsort | London |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 125 x 142 mm |
| Gewicht | 210 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| Schlagworte | Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen (Audio-CDs) • Hörbuch; Krimis/Thriller-Lesungen (Audio-CDs) • Kongo; Krimis/Thriller (Audio-CDs) |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84456-204-2 / 1844562042 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84456-204-6 / 9781844562046 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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