The Constant Gardener Movie Tie-In
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743551842 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 462 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. 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. 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 Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.. 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. His eighteenth novel is also the profoundly moving story of a man whom tragedy elevates. Her putative African lover and traveling companion, a doctor with one of the aid agencies, has vanished from the scene of the crime
"I view The Constant Gardener as an incredible story of love and loyalty" according to Sugar & Spice. Years ago I saw the movie The Constant Gardener and it has never left me, always floating around in the back of my brain for some reason. Then I decided to read the book (something I've never done after seeing the movie first), and I am now left almost speechless due to the overwhelming emotions the author stirred and deepened in me from beginning to end. The author's writing style and the voices of his many characters are unparalleled. There is much tragedy and intrigue woven from the first page to the last, but at its heart, I view The Constant Gardener as an incredible story of love and loyalty. . Kindle Customer said Impressive. Without giving away spoilers, I can honestly say this was a very fast paced book for how realistic it is and how most characters had their unlikable and likable sides. My first John le Carre book but I will be reading more! I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in tragic whistleblower stories.. "I love John Le Carre" according to Marty Reeh. Don't listen to anyone who says this is not worth reading. I love John Le Carre, but some of his books, "Spy Who Came in from the Cold", "The Russia House", "The Little Drummer Girl:, "A Perfect Spy", didn't do much for me. However I loved the "Honorable Schoolboy" trilogy, and George Smiley remains my favorite character. This book is deeply intriguing and absorbing. You feel for Justin and Tessa. Tessa's zeal for reforming a corrupt system, and feel Justin's pain as he's drawn further and further into solving her murder. I hate the way Le Carre's characters often come to a said end. I could not put
His sprinting thriller prose remains in great shape. --Tim Appelo. Africa's nightmare is more complex than the cold war chess match, and the world pharmaceutical circus is tougher to dramatize than the old spy-versus-spy-versus-spymaster game. Tessa is Justin's opposite, a fiery reformer, "that rarest thing, a lawyer who believes in justice," whose campaigns have earned her a nickname: "the Princess Diana of the African poor." But now Tessa has turned up naked, raped, and dead on a mysterious visit to remote Lake Turkana in Kenya. And thanks to his 16 years in the British Foreign Office, his merciless send-up of its cutthroat intrigues and petty self-delusions is unbelievably good--or rather, believably so. Her report was destroyed by her husband's superiors; was she? It's all somehow connected to the sinister British firm House of ThreeBees, whose ad boasts that it's "buzzy for the health of Africa!" John le Carré symbolically associates ThreeBees with an ominous