{"product_id":"the-mission-song-by-john-le-carr-©-2281o","title":"The Mission Song by John le Carré","description":"\u003cp\u003eBruno 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. 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 by his mentor Brother Michael to train as a professional interpreter in the minority African languages of which, almost from birth, he has been an obsessive collector. 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.  Reviews  Bruno Salvo, the illegitimate son of an Irish missionary father and a Congolese mother, is one of le Carre's most interesting lead characters-and one of the most difficult for an actor to bring to life using just his voice. Fortunately, Oyelowo, a veteran of everything from televised comedy to live Shakespeare, has the ability to quickly catch and transmit to listeners the many elements of Bruno's essence in this moving and surprisingly amusing audio version of arguably the author's least typical novel. Oyelowo never falters in presenting the many other characters who flesh out the story, from the Roman mentor who shapes the orphaned Bruno's future as a professional interpreter of African tribal languages to the British intelligence agents who eventually recruit him. Oyelowo positively shines with recognizable truth as he shrewdly recreates Bruno's growing awareness of the power this knowledge gives him-personally, politically and socially. It would be difficult for any other actor, even one with more star power, to take Bruno Salvo into film or television without us hearing Oyelowo's voice in our heads while we watch. Simultaneous release with the Little, Brown hardcover (Reviews, July 31). (Nov.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.  A callow young interpreter stumbles upon a nasty plot and ends up courting danger from London to Congo to an island off Denmark. Everyone's reading mission this fall. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41829721931850,"sku":"2281o","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/2281o.jpg?v=1764446530","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-mission-song-by-john-le-carr-%c2%a9-2281o","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}