# The Mission Song

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- Book: [The Mission Song](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-le-carre/the-mission-song) ([The Mission Song.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-le-carre/the-mission-song.md))
- Authors: [John le Carré](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-le-carre)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 11 h 31 min
- ISBN: 978-02-4139-872-2
- Published: 2025-04-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 11 h 31 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. As 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 barrel. The Mission Song is an excoriating depiction of a corrupt world where loyalty can be bought and war is simply an opportunity to settle old scores. 'Simply astonishing ... a formidably sophisticated work of fiction' Charles Cumming 'Mesmerising' Sunday Times ©David Cornwell 2006 (P)Penguin Audio 2024