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082 1 _aFIC LEC
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100 1 _aLe Carre, John
_d(1931- 2020)
245 1 4 _aThe mission song
_c/ John Le Carre
260 _aNew York
_b: Little, Brown and Company
_c, c2006
300 _a339 p.
_c; 25 cm
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
650 4 _aWorld politics
_v--Fiction
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