The Mission Song
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The Mission Song is a political espionage novel by John le Carré that follows an idealistic Congolese interpreter drawn into a morally fraught intelligence operation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | A Most Wanted Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | an idealistic interpreter drawn into a covert operation ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Hodder & Stoughton design team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackgroundOfProtagonist |
Congolese
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780340895890 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasOccupationOfProtagonist | interpreter ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 339 ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bruno Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Western interference in the Congo
ⓘ
use of African languages and dialects through the interpreter protagonist ⓘ |
| partOfBibliographyOf | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Absolute Friends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Congolese-Irish ⓘ |
| protagonistWorksFor | British intelligence services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hodder & Stoughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| subjectMatter |
Western involvement in African conflicts
ⓘ
intelligence operations in Central Africa ⓘ multinational corporate interests in Africa ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ exploitation of the Congo ⓘ idealism versus realpolitik ⓘ moral ambiguity in intelligence work ⓘ neo-colonialism in Africa ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalEvents | post-Cold War era ⓘ |
| workOf | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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