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Michael Jayston reads this gripping story of secrecy, betrayal and hypocrisy, from bestselling author John le Carré.Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine-year-old orphaned love-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman’s daughter. Inspired by his mentor, Brother Michael, he trains as a professional interpreter in minority African languages.Soon he is courted by City corporations, law courts, the immigration services and - inevitably - British Intelligence. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope.Yet even as the story opens, a contrary and irresistible love is dawning in him. 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...‘No writer has done more with the spy thriller than John le Carré’ - Observer A complete and unabridged reading by Michael Jayston.

If captivating tales of espionage, betrayal and astutely observed political tension wrapped up in bristling storytelling mastery with flawlessly developed characters appeal to you, then ‘The Mission Song’ on CD audiobook is exactly what you’ve been looking for.

This audio experience provides you with Michael Jayston’s engaging reading of one of the more recent books from the internationally bestselling master of thriller novels, John le Carre.

‘The Mission Song’ tells the story of Bruno Salvador - known as ‘Salvo’ - who is trained as a professional interpreter in minority African languages. But nothing could ever have prepared him for the role he faces next. Taken on by British Intelligence, he is enlisted on an urgent job by the Ministry of Defence to interpret at a conference between Congolese warlords and their supposed Western supporters. But as an interpreter, Salvo is subjected to overhearing matters amassed with huge political implications, and what he chooses to do with that information has the potential to get him into a lot of trouble.

This thrilling tale of crime and conscience is among the expansive complete and unabridged John le Carre audio collection. All of the featured titles are also available to download as audiobooks on MP3, making these modern classics the perfect addition to any audiobook collection in any format.