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- The Constant Gardener is a 2001 novel by British author John le Carré. The novel tells the story of Justin Quayle, a British diplomat whose activist wife is murdered.
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The novel tells the story of Justin Quayle, a British diplomat whose activist wife is murdered. Believing there is something behind the murder, he seeks to uncover the truth and finds an international conspiracy of corrupt bureaucracy and pharmaceutical money. The plot was based on a real-life case in Kano, Nigeria.
- Jeanner Lenzer
- 2001
Plot. Justin Quayle, a British diplomat and avid horticulturalist, is confronted by Amnesty International activist Tessa during a lecture in London. They strike up a romance, and marry after she accompanies him to his posting in Kenya, where she befriends Belgian doctor Arnold Bluhm, leading to rumours of an affair.
Justin Quayle: Rachel Weisz ... Tessa Quayle: Hubert Koundé ... Dr. Arnold Bluhm (as Hubert Kounde) Danny Huston ... Sandy Woodrow: Daniele Harford ... Miriam: Packson Ngugi ... Officer in Morgue: Damaris Itenyo Agweyu ... Jomo's Wife: Bernard Otieno Oduor ... Jomo
Aug 31, 2005 · In "The Constant Gardener," Fernando Meirelles s excellent adaptation of John le Carr's novel, Mr. Fiennes plays Justin Quayle, a British diplomat whose surname hardly suggests strength or...
Aug 31, 2005 · Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong.
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- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Fernando Meirelles
- 2005-08-31
After his wife is murdered in Kenya, Justin Quayle, a mild, low-level diplomat and a constant gardener, must investigate his wife's death, their relationship, and his own heart.
Jan 4, 2001 · In The Constant Gardener he 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. Genres FictionThrillerMysteryAfricaEspionageCrimeMystery Thriller.
