false 18988 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 18988 30 3310 19 9 2006 The Mission Song: A Novel total:587|5:57|4:176|3:225|2:101|1:28| 587 1894 825 144 1411964 3.73 15556 1755 19624246 191480 2905599 0340922001 9780340922002 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2905599.The_Mission_Song 3.09 11 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 3 2 false Mon Apr 07 01:24:16 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 01:29:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 28690123 1180394 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.19 407 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 29 19:03:49 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 18:36:35 -0700 2008 The Constant Gardener. The characters are compelling, and utterly believable.

As I was reading this book, I jotted down a list of phrases tha...more...]]> 60900109 1309606 1735329 0340921994 9780340921999 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187551268m/1735329.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187551268s/1735329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1735329.The_Mission_Song 3.14 50
A highly skilled interpreter, he is no stranger to the Official Secrets Act. But this is the first time he has been asked to change his identity - and, worse still, his clothes - in service of his country.

Whisked to a remote island to interpret a top-secret conference between no-name financiers and the Congolese warlords, Salvo's excitement is only heightened by memoires of the night before he left London, and his life-changing encounter with a beautiful nurse named Hannah.

Exit suddenly the unassuming, happily married man Salvo believed himself to be. Enter in his place the pseudonymous Brian Sinclair: spy, lover - and perhaps even, hero.]]> 2006 3 0 false Wed Jun 24 05:15:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 07:52:58 -0700 2009
Some of this book is brilliant, the middle section where the translator...more...]]> 24652347 891812 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 4 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 15:24:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 21:02:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45462229 1008236 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:48:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:48:20 -0800 2009 The Mission Song, John le Carr_�'s 20th novel in a career spanning nearly half a century, most famously in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1964), receives mixed marks. Critics who enjoy the novel praise le Carr_�'s intricate plotting, atmospheric settings, and his ear for dialogue__all the tradem...

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]]> 2006 3 0 false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 18:36:44 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 15:54:03 -0800 2008
Classic le Carre` with the very strong main character... a lot of subtlety during the negotiation scenes... lots of digressions and backstory and character speeches.....more...]]> 81485160 2473932 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 0 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 10:15:17 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 10:25:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 36180713 1652278 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 3 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 25 10:52:17 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 10:53:10 -0700 2008 1 Le Carre creates a marvelous ch...more...]]> 31444129 544705 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 0 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:10:20 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 06:32:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 30627018 1391890 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 5 0 false Wed Aug 20 00:38:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 00:38:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 26369001 582155 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 2 0 false Sat Jul 05 12:00:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 12:01:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 23056051 1187633 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 4 0 false Tue May 27 11:26:48 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 11:31:53 -0700 2008 Bueno, descubrí este libro en el aeropuerto de Nairobi en noviembre de 2006 y fue realmente una sensación fuerte. Venía de estar trabajando en la ciudad donde se narra parte de este libro, Bukavu, en...more...]]> 12209585 695076 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 4 0 false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 19:46:04 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 18:23:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2582788 78781 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 3 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 22:55:03 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 15:09:06 -0700 2007 The Constant Gardener, Le Carre's traditional themes of betrayal, self-discovery, skepticism, distrust, and curious idealism a...more...]]> 8432517 329915 1735329 0340921994 9780340921999 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187551268m/1735329.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187551268s/1735329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1735329.The_Mission_Song 3.23 587
A highly skilled interpreter, he is no stranger to the Official Secrets Act. But this is the first time he has been asked to change his identity - and, worse still, his clothes - in service of his country.

Whisked to a remote island to interpret a top-secret conference between no-name financiers and the Congolese warlords, Salvo's excitement is only heightened by memoires of the night before he left London, and his life-changing encounter with a beautiful nurse named Hannah.

Exit suddenly the unassuming, happily married man Salvo believed himself to be. Enter in his place the pseudonymous Brian Sinclair: spy, lover - and perhaps even, hero.]]> 2006 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 08:08:29 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 08:09:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 17658903 775291 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 3 0 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 06:23:19 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 07:24:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 20728908 1083046 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 4 0 false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 11:13:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 11:24:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 48682677 1381237 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 4 0 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:25:18 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1566108 108389 18988 0316016748 9780316016742 98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744m/18988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18988.The_Mission_Song_A_Novel 3.23 587 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

]]> 2006 2 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 13:10:38 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 20:47:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 41749186 762020 1071095 034092196X 9780340921968 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180737008m/1071095.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180737008s/1071095.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1071095.The_Mission_Song 3.40 10 Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador (alias Salvo) has long looked for someone to guide his life. Enter Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence. Bruno's African upbringing and fluency in numerous African languages have made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats--and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, and snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he begins to hear things not intended for his ears...

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