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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
- 557
- 2001
- 4 January 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.
- $25 million
- Simon Channing Williams
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...
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 · The Head of Chancery, Sandy Woodrow, is informed about the murder of Tessa Quayle – a humanitarian and wife of a British diplomat, Justin Quayle, posted in the High Commission. Justin is our “constant gardener” : a man who "loves nothing better than toiling in the flowerbeds on a Saturday afternoon - a gentleman , whatever that means ...
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.
