The Mission Song

Bruno Salvador, known as Salvo, is a young interpreter in London, born in the Congo to an Irish missionary father and a Congolese mother. His gift for languages makes him valuable to British intelligence. He is invited to work on a confidential meeting on an island, where Congolese leaders and Western businessmen discuss the future of his homeland. Salvo believes he is doing good, but gradually he understands what is really being planned. A lively, angry and often funny novel about Africa, money and the people who are used by powerful interests.