The Constant Gardener: A NovelA magnificent exploration of the new world order from New York Times bestselling author John le Carré, one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time. When Tessa Quayle—a young, beautiful woman and Justin’s beloved wife—is gruesomely murder in northern Kenya, Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the mystery of her death. But what he finds could make him not only a suspect among his own colleagues, but a target for Tessa's killers as well. A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, John le Carré portrays the dark side of unbridled capitalism as only he can. The Constant Gardener tells a compelling, complex story of a man elevated through tragedy, as Justin Quayle—amateur gardener, aging widower, and ineffectual bureaucrat—discovers his own natural resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love. |
Contents
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Section 2 | 38 |
Section 3 | 61 |
Section 4 | 82 |
Section 5 | 99 |
Section 6 | 115 |
Section 7 | 131 |
Section 8 | 146 |
Section 15 | 291 |
Section 16 | 306 |
Section 17 | 333 |
Section 18 | 352 |
Section 19 | 380 |
Section 20 | 389 |
Section 21 | 407 |
Section 22 | 425 |
Section 9 | 171 |
Section 10 | 199 |
Section 11 | 215 |
Section 12 | 237 |
Section 13 | 259 |
Section 14 | 274 |
Section 23 | 443 |
Section 24 | 466 |
Section 25 | 472 |
Section 26 | 489 |
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Page 29 - He began packing up his desk. Precisely. Packing to leave. Opening and shutting drawers. Putting his file trays into his steel cupboard and locking it. Absently smoothing back his hair between moves, a tic that Woodrow had always found particularly irritating in him.
Page 26 - Night and day, the poor girl. Everything from wiping babies' bottoms to acquainting paralegals with their civil rights, I'm told. Most of her clients are women, of course, which appeals to her. Even if it doesn't appeal quite so much to their menfolk.