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- Publication date2006
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 339 pages. Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine-year-old orphaned lo ve-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secr et sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired by his mentor Brother Michael to train as a professional interpreter in the minority African la nguages of which, almost from birth, he has been an obsessive col lector.Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by Cit y corporations, hospitals, law courts, the Immigration services a nd - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligen ce. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope, star reporter on one of our great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. Yet even as the story opens, a contrary and irresistible love is dawning in h im. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a t op-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese w arlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his re-awoken African conscie. Seller Inventory # 1376t
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 339 pages. Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine-year-old orphaned lo ve-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secr et sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired by his mentor Brother Michael to train as a professional interpreter in the minority African la nguages of which, almost from birth, he has been an obsessive col lector.Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by Cit y corporations, hospitals, law courts, the Immigration services a nd - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligen ce. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born Penelope, star reporter on one of our great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. Yet even as the story opens, a contrary and irresistible love is dawning in h im. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a t op-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese w arlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his re-awoken African conscie. Seller Inventory # 2371f
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Bruno Salvador, known as Salvo, is the ever-innocent 29 year old son of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secret sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired to train as a professional interpreter in the minority of African languages of which he has been an obsessive collector. He is courted by city corporations, the Immigration Services and - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born reporter Penelope, whom he promptly marries. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese warlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his reawakened African conscience. 352 pages. Seller Inventory # 1356097
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very good. Bruno Salvador, known as Salvo, is the ever-innocent 29 year old son of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu, and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secret sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired to train as a professional interpreter in the minority of African languages of which he has been an obsessive collector. He is courted by city corporations, the Immigration Services and - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted - and won - by the all-white, Surrey-born reporter Penelope, whom he promptly marries. Despatched to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese warlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his reawakened African conscience. Spine creased. 352 pages. Seller Inventory # 1529339
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