{"product_id":"1578540","title":"The Mission Song by John Le Carre","description":"Bruno Salvador, known as Salvo, is the ever-innocent 29 year old son of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secret sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired to train as a professional interpreter in the minority of African languages of which he has been an obsessive collector. He is courted by city corporations, the Immigration Services and - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born reporter Penelope, whom he promptly marries. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese warlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his reawakened African conscience... This 2006 Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e very good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Spine creased. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780733621178 SKU: 1578540 \u003ci\u003eNote: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48890624409877,"sku":"1578540","price":13.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1578540_0dd5fde7-b803-4472-b185-f52f9e64502d.jpg?v=1753853199","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1578540","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}