The Constant Gardener
This is my first reading of any John le
Carré novel. A friend has lent it to me. I am pleased because I heard the radio
serialization some while ago and enjoyed it. At first, I found it a bit boring but there were exciting
moments and I know I was absorbed because I would wake in the middle of the
night and continue reading! There were terrifying moments, violence and
conspiracy for the characters and the reader. It made one think. The answers were not all evident.
Tessa had been gruesomely murdered in Kenya
but where was the doctor she was with when trying to expose the drug company
and others involved with the corruption. The fictional pharmaceutical company
exploit a drug to cure or kill, to profit under the guise of helping the poor! Justin
her older husband enjoyed growing lilies and other flowers especially for her. Had
she betrayed or been disloyal to her husband or protected him? He, a diplomat at
the British High Commission began a personal odyssey to find her killers and
the motive. He risks his own life
for justice and revenge after he was interviewed as a suspected murderer. He accomplishes his task as well as
discovering the depths of his love for a woman who he had little time to fully love.
It is a crime thriller full of subtle betrayal,
divided loyalty, bribery and corruption and Capitalism. Recommended reading.
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