約翰•勒卡雷

原名大衛•康威爾，1931年生於英國。十八歲，便被英國軍方情報單位招募，擔任對東柏林的間諜工作；退役後在牛津大學攻讀現代語言，之後於伊頓公學教授法文與德文。1959年，他進入英國外交部工作，先後於英國駐波昂及漢堡的大使館服務，同時開始寫作。1963年，以第3本著作《冷戰諜魂》一舉成名，被知名小說家葛林盛讚說︰「這是我讀過最好的間諜小說」，從此奠定其文壇大師地位，之後陸續出版的著作都備受歡迎，得獎無數，並有7部作品改編為電影與電視劇。時代週刊與全球各大媒體都持續對勒卡雷及其作品做廣泛的報導，而他2004年1月的新書《摯友》甫一出版便引發不少話題，立即登上紐約時報暢銷書排行榜。目前他已出版19部作品。

"The Constant Gardener" is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time. The novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of Tessa Quayle -- young, beautiful, and dearly beloved to husband Justin. When Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the mystery of her death, what he finds could make him not only a suspect among his own colleagues, but a target for Tessa's killers as well.A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, John le Carre portrays the dark side of unbridled capitalism as only he can. In "The Constant Gardener" he tells a compelling, complex story of a man elevated through tragedy, as Justin Quayle -- amateur gardener, aging widower, and ineffectual bureaucrat -- discovers his own natural resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.