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The Mission Song contains all the complexity and conspiracy of a great John le Carré novel, this time with an unusually young and witty narrator, interpreter Bruno Salvo; half-Congolese and well and truly in over his head. Le Carré's take on the blighted and abused African nation of Congo displays compassion as well as despair while his narrative is utterly compelling. A sparkling and intelligent novel from the inimitable (though many try) le Carré.