Hailed everywhere as a masterpiece of suspense, John le
Carré''s return to Africa is the story of Bruno Salvador aka
Salvo, the 25-year-old orphaned love child of an Irish missionary
and a Congolese woman. Quickly rising to the top of his profession
as an interpreter, Salvo is dispatched by British Intelligence to a
top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese
warlords, where he hears things not meant for his ears - and is
forced to interpret matters never intended for his reawoken African
conscience. By turns thriller, love story, and comic allegory of
our times, THE MISSION SONGrecounts Salvo''s heroically na?ve
journey out of the dark of Western hypocrisy and into the heart of
lightness.
"A ragingly readable adventure tale. . . . Every issue of
today is here: class warfare, race, torture, immigration, language.
But THE MISSION SONG is also a tender love story, a fast-paced
thriller, and a story with as many brilliant minor characters as
major. Like another favorite of mine, The Constant Gardener,
it ''gets'' the centrality of Africa to our world today."
-Salon
關於作者:
John le Carré''s The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
secured him a wide reputation, which was consolidated by the
acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The
Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley''s People. His recent
novels include The Tailor of Panama, The Constant
Gardener, and Absolute Friends.