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By John le Carre
My blog is about books that leave an impression on you, whether on your being, your treatment of people or your perception. So it doesn’t have those books which I felt lacked the depth or the necessary ‘it’ factor.
In a way I am also like a constant gardener – weeding the unnecessary and planting books which help give us a wonderful kaleidoscope of imagination, interpretation and magical story telling.
I never picked up any books by Carre always thinking that he must be a French novelist and I wasn’t quite ready for those. But lack of books in the library led me to finally pick this one up and what a surprise awaited me!
The most remarkable thing about this book is of course the fairness in which the story had been told. The characters presented are neither ‘herofied’ nor ‘villanized’ more than they should. They are just people who like all of us change differently with circumstances.
Tessa the wife of British diplomat travels with her husband to Kenya. What she sees there changes her life leading to her murder. After her brutal rape and murder, abound with rumours about her infidelity and what she would have known as likely cause of her murder, Justin surprises everyone when he embarks on a journey to relive the murder of Tessa which takes him and us to a journey across 3 continents and multiple perspectives. As the story unfolds - at the heart of it - you will find a deep, well-rooted, heartening and at the same time a simple love and trust story of Tessa and Justin Quayle.
The constant gardner takes you to a journey of drugs, of human guinea pigs, of treachery, of politics and diplomats and the screaming insides of those who that something must be done, no matter what.
It’s very difficult to write the review of this book because it’s a book which is written is a sedate tone – like an onlooker. It might become like ‘Chinese Whisper’ if I start to. So read it!
My blog is about books that leave an impression on you, whether on your being, your treatment of people or your perception. So it doesn’t have those books which I felt lacked the depth or the necessary ‘it’ factor.
In a way I am also like a constant gardener – weeding the unnecessary and planting books which help give us a wonderful kaleidoscope of imagination, interpretation and magical story telling.
I never picked up any books by Carre always thinking that he must be a French novelist and I wasn’t quite ready for those. But lack of books in the library led me to finally pick this one up and what a surprise awaited me!
The most remarkable thing about this book is of course the fairness in which the story had been told. The characters presented are neither ‘herofied’ nor ‘villanized’ more than they should. They are just people who like all of us change differently with circumstances.
Tessa the wife of British diplomat travels with her husband to Kenya. What she sees there changes her life leading to her murder. After her brutal rape and murder, abound with rumours about her infidelity and what she would have known as likely cause of her murder, Justin surprises everyone when he embarks on a journey to relive the murder of Tessa which takes him and us to a journey across 3 continents and multiple perspectives. As the story unfolds - at the heart of it - you will find a deep, well-rooted, heartening and at the same time a simple love and trust story of Tessa and Justin Quayle.
The constant gardner takes you to a journey of drugs, of human guinea pigs, of treachery, of politics and diplomats and the screaming insides of those who that something must be done, no matter what.
It’s very difficult to write the review of this book because it’s a book which is written is a sedate tone – like an onlooker. It might become like ‘Chinese Whisper’ if I start to. So read it!
In the picture: I haven't seen the movie but I am sure this is one of the best shots. Lovely pic!
