The Mission Song by John le Carre Paperback Book 9780241322390

Mesmerising Sunday TimesAs an interpreter of African languages Bruno Salvador is much in demand He makes it a principle to remain neutral no matter what he hears But when he is summoned on a secret job for British Intelligence he is told he will have to get his hands dirty His mission is to help bring democracy to the Congo democracy that will be delivered at the end of a gun barrelThe Mission Song is an excoriating depiction of a corrupt world where loyalty can be bought and war is simply an opportunity to settle old scoresSimply astonishing a formidably sophisticated work of fiction Charles Cumming