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Justin travels the world, often under assumed identities, to reconstruct the circumstances leading to Tessa's murder. As he begins to piece together Tessa's final report on the fraudulent drug tests, he learns that the roots of the conspiracy stretch further than he could have imagined; to a German
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drug that has severe side effects. Rather than help the trial subjects and begin again with a new drug, KVH covered up the side effects and improved the drug only in anticipation of a massive
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John le Carré writes in the book's afterword: "by comparison with the reality, my story as tame as a holiday postcard". The book is dedicated to
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wife is murdered. Believing there is something behind the murder, he seeks to uncover the truth and finds an international
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wife, Tessa, was killed while travelling with a doctor friend in a desolate region of
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Justin learns that Tessa had uncovered a corporate scandal involving
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was generally well-received among the British press. According to
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Index

The Constant Gardner
The Constant Gardener (film)
Constant Gardener Trust

John le Carré
Swahili
Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover
Paperback
ISBN
0-340-73337-3
OCLC
59510670
LC Class
Single & Single
Absolute Friends
novel
John le Carré
activist
conspiracy
real-life case in Kano, Nigeria
feature film
Nairobi
Kenya
activist
Africa
medical experimentation in Africa
pharmaceutical company
AIDS
testing

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