The release date for the English version of 'The Constant Gardener' by
John le Carré is Aug 2005. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of City of God, has now directed a big motion film.
One of the most captivating and sophisticated tales of our time, The Constant Gardener, offers a remarkable examination of the new global order. The horrific murder of Tessa Quayle, a young, attractive woman who was devoted to her husband Justin, occurs in northern Kenya at the beginning of the book. As Justin embarks on a personal quest to solve Tessa's murder mystery, what he discovers may turn him into a target for Tessa's killers in addition to raising suspicions among his own coworkers.
John le Carre, a superb storyteller of the betrayals of common people entangled in political turmoil, captures the ugly side of unchecked capitalism as no one else can. In The Constant Gardener, he narrates the gripping, intricate tale of a man raised by tragedy as amateur gardener, elderly widower, and incompetent bureaucrat Justin Quayle realizes the natural resources inside himself and the remarkable bravery of the lady he had hardly had time to love.