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A review by bioniclib
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
2.0
I really liked the plot: a pharmaceutical company tests a new TB drug on destitute Africans while the governments of both Kenya and England look the other way. The plot stats when the wife of a British Foreign Service officers gets murdered. The plot was great but the execution wasn't.
Mr. Le Carre's style is obtuse, intentionally so. What's happening is never really spelled out. Which is the point. It worked...for a while. But not almost 500 pages "a while". I enjoy the Justin Character but did not enjoy Woodward or his wife. There were other characters that were introduced too late on for me to care about.
I might try another, perhaps the more famous "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" but not for a while.
Mr. Le Carre's style is obtuse, intentionally so. What's happening is never really spelled out. Which is the point. It worked...for a while. But not almost 500 pages "a while". I enjoy the Justin Character but did not enjoy Woodward or his wife. There were other characters that were introduced too late on for me to care about.
I might try another, perhaps the more famous "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" but not for a while.