The Constant Gardener John Le CarrÃ© Headline Â£16.99, pp456 Buy it at BOL. John Le CarrÃ©'s novels may go on the shelves next to Tom Clancy (and sell as many copies) but if his popularity is due to a belief that he adheres to the Boy Scout code of fiction, then his public are reading him for the wrong reasons.
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