Article copyright David Cornwell 2001. We do not have permission to post this on the website. John le Carré’s most recent novel, The Constant Gardener (Scribner’s), begins with the murder of a woman who had been about to expose misdeeds by a pharmaceutical company. The fee for this article is being donated to the activist group BUKO Pharma-Kampagne (www.epo.de/bukopharma), whose address is: August-Bebel-Str. 62, D-33602, Bielefeld, Germany.
John le CarréJohn le Carré is the author of numerous classic, bestselling novels, including Absolute Friends, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, The Little Drummer Girl and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Several of his novels have been made into major motion pictures, including The Constant Gardener and The Russia House. His latest novel, The Mission Song, was published in the United States by Little, Brown in September.