John le Carré: The Mission Song (UK 2020) From the Publisher: Bruno Salvador has worked on clandestine missions before. 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 Congolese warlords, Salvo's excitement is only heightened by memories 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 Sinclar: spy, lover - and perhaps, even, hero. John le Carré: The Mission Song. Penguin Classics, ISBN: 9780241337271 (November, 2020), 368 p., £14.99
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John le Carré: The Mission Song (UK 2018) From the Publisher: The Mission Song is an excoriating depiction of a corrupt world where loyalty can be bought and war is simply an opportunity to settle old scores. John le Carré: The Mission Song. Penguin Modern Classics, ISBN: 9780241322390 (September, 2018), 368 p., £8.99, eBook £7.49.
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John le Carré: The Mission Song (USA 2008) From the Publisher: John le Carré: The Mission Song. Little, Brown Paperbacks, ISBN: 0316016764 (August, 2008), 449 p., $9.99.
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John le Carré: The Mission Song (USA 2007) From the Publisher: John le Carré: The Mission Song. Back Bay Books, ISBN: 0316016756 (November, 2007), 337 p., $14.99.
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John le Carré: The Mission Song (UK 2007) From the Publisher: Whisked to a remote island to interpret a top-secret conference between no-name financiers and Congolese warlords, Salvo's excitement is only heightened by memories 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 Sinclar: spy, lover - and perhaps, even, hero. John le Carré: The Mission Song. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340921994 (August, 2007), 391 p., £6.99.
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John le Carré: The Mission Song (USA 2006) From the Publisher: Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by City corporations, hospitals, law courts, the Immigration services and inevitably the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted and won by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope, star reporter on one of Britains great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. 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. By turn thriller, love story and comic allegory of our times, THE MISSION SONG recounts Salvo's heroically naive journey out of the dark of Western hypocrisy and into the heart of lightness. John le Carré: The Mission Song. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 0316016748 (September, 2006), 339 p., $26.99
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John le Carré: The Mission Song (UK 2006) From the Publisher: Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by City corporations, hospitals, law courts, the Immigration services and - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope, star reporter on one of our great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. 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 re-awoken African conscience. John le Carré: The Mission Song. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 034092196X (September, 2006), 339 p., £17.99
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