1/10. John le Carre 's latest novel begins with Salvo, a professional interpreter of African languages, finding his bi-cultural identity polarised to breaking point when he becomes involved in the planning stages of an operation to take over the Eastern Congo. Read by Paterson Joseph. Abridged by Katrin Williams. Producer David Biount
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