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The Constant Gardener

A Novel

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An edition of The Constant Gardener (2000)

The Constant Gardener

A Novel

  • 4.5 (6 ratings) ·
  • 44 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carré's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana, the birthplace of mankind. Her putative African lover and traveling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime.

Tessa's much older husband, Justin, a career diplomat at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive. The plot was vaguely based on a real-life case in Kano, Nigeria.

A master chronicler of the deceptions and betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, le Carré portrays, in The Constant Gardener, the dark side of unbridled capitalism. His eighteenth novel is also the profoundly moving story of a man whom tragedy elevates. Justin Quayle, amateur gardener and ineffectual bureaucrat, seemingly oblivious to his wife's cause, discovers his own resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.

The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.

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Publisher
Pocket Star
Language
English
Pages
560

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Cover of: The constant gardener
The constant gardener
2005, Penguin Canada
in English
Cover of: The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener: A Novel
August 9, 2005, Scribner
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener: A Novel
July 26, 2005, Pocket Star
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: The constant gardener
The constant gardener: a novel
2004, Scribner
in English - 1st trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener: A Novel
January 27, 2004, Scribner
Paperback in English
Cover of: El Jardinero Fiel / The Constant Gardener
El Jardinero Fiel / The Constant Gardener
2002, Random House Mondadori, S.A. (Debolsillo)
Paperback in Spanish - Translatio edition
Cover of: The constant gardener
The constant gardener
2001, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
2001, Coronet
Paperback
Cover of: The constant gardener
The constant gardener: a novel
2001, Scribner
in English
Cover of: The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
2001, Penguin Books published by the Penquin Group
Paperback in English - First Penquin ed., 2nd printing

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First Sentence

"The news hit the British High Commission in Nairobi at nine-thirty on a Monday morning."

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
560
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
Weight
9.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8456624M
Internet Archive
constantgardener00lecax
ISBN 10
1416503900
ISBN 13
9781416503903
OCLC/WorldCat
61184348
Library Thing
4816
Goodreads
914251

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