a holding facility for asylum seekers, awaiting his deportation to the Congo where he will be reunited with Hannah. Critical reception The book received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator Metacritic reported the book had an average score of 63 out of 100, based on 25 reviews. The Mission Song was featured on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime programme from October 2 to October 13 of 2006, read by Paterson Joseph. David Oyelowo narrates the 2007 audiobook for The Mission Song. Of his performance, AudioFile magazine states, "Think of David Oyelowo as a single musician playing all the instruments in a symphony. That is essentially what he manages in this inspired performance of John le Carré's suspense novel... Can it really have been only one man in the narrator's recording booth? This virtuoso performance makes that seem impossible." References External links "John le Carré's allegiances": a review in the TLS by Michael Saler, September 2006 Reviews British thriller novels Novels by John le Carré 2006 British novels Novels set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Hodder & Stoughton books