Buy this book on-line Le Carre, John : THE CONSTANT GARDENERScribner, New York, 2001 ISBN 0743215052
8vo; 492 pages, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Le Carre, John : THE CONSTANT GARDENER. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Le CARRE**, JOHN: : THE CONSTANT GARDENERLONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2001. ISBN 0340733373.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt wrap-aound sky blue background with glossy,colour photographic bees' overlays on front+rear panels and spine,capitalised, embossed gilt-lettered author surname and title to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised flat printed gilt-lettered full name of author,title and publisher's black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with critics black-lettered reviews of author's titles of SINGLE & SINGLE and THE TAILOR OF PANAMA. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top edges with very minimal and random dust flecks,fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished and clean,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a khaki/tan+yellow striped headband with a sewn-in black silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain dark khaki/tan endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-508pp [paginated] includes 25 chapters,Author's Notes; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram ('Andrea del Sarto' by Robert Browning) with a blank verso,and to the rear 4pp blanks.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20+ year-old age. It is only the exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness. Le Carre's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near lake Turkana in Northern Kenya,the birthplace of mankind.Her putative African lover and travelling companion,a doctor with one of the aid agencies,has vanished from the scene of the crime.
Tessa's husband,Justin,a career diplomat and amateur gardener at the British High Commission in Nairobi,sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive.His quest takes him to the Foreign Office in London, across Europe and Canada and back to Africa,to the depths of South Sudan,and finally to the very spot where Tessa died.On his way he meets terror,violence,laughter,conspiracy and knowledge.But his greatest discovery is the woman he barely had time to love.
'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 stroytellers of our time. It takes its place effortlessly among the very best of le Carre's work. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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