[The Constant Gardener]
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2018
Pages:
592
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Thriller set in Kenya. The wife of a discreet British diplomat is murdered. She is an activist who defends exploited Africans against the powerful and corrupt, and discovers that a multinational pharmaceutical company was testing a new product on helpless and destitute populations, ignoring any standards of ethics or medical prudence. The book has several sensual references, without being descriptive. According to the author, this is all fiction, but it describes situations similar to real ones.
Author: Jorge Gaspar, Portugal
Update on: Jun 2021