In his twentieth novel, John le Carr returns to Africa with a new tale of mystery and corruption that bears the hallmarks of classic le Carr storytelling. By turns thriller, romance, and expos of post-colonial politics, The Mission Song chronicles interpreter Bruno Salvadors journey into the darkness of Western hypocrisy and deceit. Born to a Congolese mother and an IrishFrench 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.
