THE CONSTANT GARDENER (First edition - first impression)
John le Carré (Pseudonym of David Cornwell)
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2001
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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First impression of the true first edition, with the full number string: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the printer's page. ***Near fine in blue paper-covered boards with metallic copper titles to the spine. The boards are clean with just light handling marks. No bumps or creases - just very slight reading crease to the spine. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with a pencil name to the top of the front free endpaper. Pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. Integral blue satin reading ribbon. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £16.99. The dustwrapper has no discernible faults. Extremities of dustwrapper just very slightly rubbed. No creases or tears, even to the wide foldover flaps. Dustwrapper bright. ***508 pages. 242mm x 162mm. ***'"The Constant Gardener" is a profoundly moving story of a man ennobled by tragedy, and a magnificent exploration of the dark side of unbridled capitalism by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time. It takes its place effortlessly among the very best of le Carré's work.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'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. The book was later adapted into a feature film in 2005.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition, in the original dustwrapper, in bright crisp collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…
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- Title
- THE CONSTANT GARDENER (First edition - first impression)
- Author
- John le Carré (Pseudonym of David Cornwell)
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, London
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0340733373
- ISBN 13
- 9780340733370
- Edition
- First Edition
- Printing
- First Impression
- Seller catalogs
- Crime Fiction & True Crime, First Editions, Literature
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Review
Tessa had been compiling data against a multinational drug company that uses helpless Africans as guinea pigs to test a tuberculosis remedy with unfortunately fatal side effects. Her report was destroyed by her husband's superiors; was she? It's all somehow connected to the sinister British firm House of ThreeBees, whose ad boasts that it's "buzzy for the health of Africa!" John le Carré symbolically associates ThreeBees with an ominous buzz in the Nairobi morgue: "Over [the corpses], in a swaying, muddy mist, hung the flies, snoring on a single note."
The home office tries to take Quayle in out of the cold. He cleverly eludes their clammy embrace, turns spy, and takes off on a global chase to avenge Tessa and solve her murder. Le Carré has lost none of his gift for setting vivid scenes in far-flung places expertly described: London, Germany, Saskatchewan, Kenya. His sprinting thriller prose remains in great shape. And thanks to his 16 years in the British Foreign Office, his merciless send-up of its cutthroat intrigues and petty self-delusions is unbelievably good--or rather, believably so. This is global do-gooder satire on a literary par with Doris Lessing's The Summer Before the Dark.
But you want to know if The Constant Gardener is as good as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Very nearly. Africa's nightmare is more complex than the cold war chess match, and the world pharmaceutical circus is tougher to dramatize than the old spy-versus-spy-versus-spymaster game. Still, le Carré can write a smart, melancholy page-turner, and his moral outrage (the real subject of his books) burns as brightly as ever. --Tim Appelo
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Orlando Booksellers
Lincoln, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 11, 2000
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We specialize in 20th Century literature, and in particular, Modern First Editions. We would be interested in buying such books, whether individual items or collections. We are particularly interested in Bloomsbury writers, Beats & Counter Culture and 20th C photography monographs. Our books can be viewed as a whole on ABE, or by choosing one of a number of catalogues that we have set up for particular interests, such as Crime Fiction & True Crime, Collectable Paperbacks, Children's Literature etc.…
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