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_aFIC LEC _2 |
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_aLe Carre, John _d(1931- 2020) |
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_aThe mission song _c/ John Le Carre |
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_aNew York _b: Little, Brown and Company _c, c2006 |
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_a339 p. _c; 25 cm |
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520 | _aAbandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador has long looked for someone to guide his life. He has found it in Mr. Anderson of British Intelligence.Bruno's African upbringing, and fluency in numerous African languages, has made him a top interpreter in London, useful to businesses, hospitals, diplomats-and spies. Working for Anderson in a clandestine facility known as the "Chat Room," Salvo (as he's known) translates intercepted phone calls, bugged recordings, snatched voice mail messages. When Anderson sends him to a mysterious island to interpret during a secret conference between Central African warlords, Bruno thinks he is helping Britain bring peace to a bloody corner of the world. But then he hears something he should not have.... | ||
546 | _aEnglish | ||
650 | 4 |
_aIntelligence officers _v--Fiction |
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650 | 4 |
_aWorld politics _v--Fiction |
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