The Constant Gardener

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Frightening, heartbreaking and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carre's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the yoxmg and beautiful Tessa Quayle near Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya, the birthplace of mankind. Her putative African lover and travelling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime.
Tessa's husband, Justin, a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive. His quest takes him to the Foreign OflBce in London, across Europe and Canada and back to Afiica, to the depths of South Sudan, and finally to the very spot where Tessa died. On his way he meets terror, violence, laughter, conspiracy and knowledge. But his greatest discovery is the woman he barely had time to love.
THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a profoundly moving story of a man ennobled by tragedy, and a magnificent exploration of the dark side of unbridled... Tovább

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Frightening, heartbreaking and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carre's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the yoxmg and beautiful Tessa Quayle near Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya, the birthplace of mankind. Her putative African lover and travelling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime.
Tessa's husband, Justin, a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive. His quest takes him to the Foreign OflBce in London, across Europe and Canada and back to Afiica, to the depths of South Sudan, and finally to the very spot where Tessa died. On his way he meets terror, violence, laughter, conspiracy and knowledge. But his greatest discovery is the woman he barely had time to love.
THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a profoundly moving story of a man ennobled by tragedy, and a magnificent exploration of the dark side of unbridled capitalism by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time. It takes its place effortlessly among the very best of le Carré's work.

Praise for John le Carré's recent novels SINGLE SINGLE
'An adventxire that takes us to the ends of the earth via the rich but often barren landscape of the human heart' THE TIMES
'Single SSingle manages to make some serious points about history amid a riot of whoops and skips, genre flourishes and delighted winks to the gallery' GUARDIAN
'A masterly work, faultless fiction of the highest order. Written with astonishing panache, subtle wit and tremendous style' GLASGOW HERALD
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA
'This is a book about legends and lies, about great loves and little betrayals, about the myth of truth and the consequences of deception. As such, it is a work of rare brilliance' THE TIMES
'A romantic delirium for troubled times' OBSERVER
'Arguably his best book since The Spy Who Came infiom the Cold. A masterful portrayal of human weaknesses' THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT Vissza