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'I imagine this is the first time that le Carré has been mentioned in the same breath as Updike and Roth. They, after all, are Literary Novelists with a capital L and N, whereas Le Carré is . . . well, what is he? Actually he is sui generis. Or, rather, he is his own genre. Quite an achievement that.'
(Sunday Telegraph 20060917)'THE MISSION SONG is meticulously researched, and the tricks and tactics of being a top interpreter are convincingly rendered. You're left with the uncomfortable feeling that perhaps politicians, journalists, civil servants and the businessmen really are the lying, amoral bastards portrayed here. Perhaps it isn't only in le Carré's world, but in the real world too, that we're unwise to believe what we are told.'
(Independent on Sunday 20060917)'Fast-paced and entertaining'
(Times Literary Supplement 20060917)'Exquisitely crafted'
(Daily Mail 20060917)'Le Carre's eye is undimmed, his passion for his craft as strong as it ever was. He delivers a tale that few could equal and none will surpass.'
(Observer 20060917)'le Carre shows no sign of slowing up or losing touch.'
(Spectator )'This thriller exhibits his familiar strengths: superbly realised characters; a succession of knockout scenes nobody else could produce; and a distinctive ability to fuse social comedy and moral anger . . . Mesmerising.'
(Sunday Times )'Bold, vigorous and extremely funny.'
(Evening Standard )'I think it's very good'
(John Sutherland, 'Front Row', BBC Radio 4 )'A formidably sophisticated work of fiction, full of energy, rage and great humour. All the qualities for which le Carre's fiction has been admired - his descriptive powers, his electrifying dialogue, his cynicism in the presence of corporate greed and government power - are visible in THE MISSION SONG. That this great English novelist continues to produce work of this calibre with such frequency is simply astonishing.'
(Charles Cumming, Mail on Sunday )Présentation de l'éditeur
Bruno Salvador has worked on clandestine missions before. A highly skilled interpreter, he is not stranger to the Official Secrts Act. But this is the first time he has been asked to change his identity - and, worse still, his clothes - in service of his country.
Whisked to a remote island to interpret a top-secret conference between no-name financiers and Congolese warlords, Salvo's excitement is only heightened by memories of the night before he left London, and his life-changing encounter with a beautiful nurse named Hannah.
Exit suddenly, the unassuming, happily married man Salvo believed himself to be. Enter in his place, the pseudonymous Brian Sinclar: spy, lover - and perhaps, even, hero.
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Like many, I thoroughly enjoyed John Le Carre's Cold War spy novels.,
Ce commentaire fait référence à cette édition : The Mission Song (Broché)
But as the Cold War ended, Le Carre changed directions. He could have kept writing the same stuff. Lots of writers do. I admire him for exploring other avenues. Admiration aside, though, I enjoy what he has written since. The intensity isn't the same, the intricate plots are gone, and there is only a faint hint of the spy craft that was so prevalent before. In their place are other flavors. One common theme is Africa with all its miseries, sorrows, hopes and dreams. Africa, and particularly the Eastern Congo, are in the forefront of the "The Mission Song". The story is well written; the characters are pulled along by events often beyond their control. Unlike his Cold War novels, there is no mystery as to what is happening or what might be happening just beyond the view of the reader. But with this loss of intrigue comes greater clarity and relevance to the ultimate outcome of the story. "The Mission Song" has a stronger social message than any of the Cold War novels and makes no effort to hide or disguise the message. Just wraps it in a good story. For me it isn't a matter of liking the Cold War novels or liking what followed. Instead, I enjoy both for different reasons.I would recommend Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates--if you haven't read it yet. Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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Intarissable, toujours le même, J.L Carré ne faibli pas,
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Un excellent roman sur l'ambiguité d'un bi-national bi- ou multi-lingue, très profond et vrai, mettant également en scène de manière quelque peu dérisoire le "problème" Africain, caricatural mais bien cerné (magouilles entre occidentaux et potentats locaux au dépend de la population). "Gardener" était plus dense et plus "réaliste", mais j'ai lu "Mission" d'une traite jusqu'à 3 heures du matin, le suspense est là comme toujours chez Le Carré. Excellent.
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A SPY NOVEL THAT IS FINE LITERATURE,
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Among his numerous authorial attributes John Le Carre also has the ability to create affecting, unforgettable protagonists - add Bruno Salvador, known as Salvo, to that list.Born "the accidental son" of an Irish Catholic missionary and a teenage Congolese woman, he was consigned as a baby to the care of Carmelite nuns. Shortly after, his mother decided that three months of the nuns' tough love were more than enough for her, so she escaped "at dead of night by way of the bath-house roof." She returned to her family all of whom were soon killed by an enemy tribe. Life, merely existing was a challenge for Salvo but he gained an education at a mission school and later, with the help of his mentor, Brother Michael, learned how to be a professional interpreter in minority African languages. As our story opens he is in England, married to Penelope, an upper class white woman and a star reporter on a major newspaper. It was not a match made in heaven as "Illegitimate sons-in-law of mixed race do not merge naturally into the social fabric of wealthy Surrey, and Penelope's parents were no exception to this time-honoured truism." Penelope is often busy, tracking a lead story, too busy it seems to Salvo. That's not the case with Hannah, a lovely, sympathetic Congolese. Salvo is pleased when he's assigned to translate at a top secret conference between leaders in the Congo and a mining syndicate. It is here that he learns of the machinations and politicking that go on in closed door sessions. He realizes that the information he has gleaned could mean further disaster for the country of his birth. But, what can he do? The Mission Song is a captivating story written by a master. It is rich in achingly lovely pictures of Africa and chilling in descriptions of torture. His characters are unforgettable, etched in our minds by the pen of an author who, as someone has said, "raised the contemporary spy novel to the level of fine literature." - Gail Cooke Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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