The Constant Gardener, a suspenseful 2001 novel by John Le Carre (later made into a popular film), centers around a pharmaceutical company that, to beat the competition to market, rushed a tuberculosis drug through clinical trials despite knowing it would harm the poor, desperate African research subjects, and even turned to murder to protect its secrets and profits. As le Carre made clear in an afterward to the book, his tale should not test the readers credulity: "By comparison with the reality, my story [is] as tame as a holiday postcard."
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机译：恒定的园丁，John Le Carre（后来进入一个受欢迎的电影），围绕制药公司的悬浮队的小说，要击败市场竞争，虽然知道它会伤害穷人，但才通过临床试验冲出肺结核药物。绝望的非洲研究科目，甚至转向谋杀，以保护其秘密和利润。随着Le Carre在这本书中发出清晰，他的故事不应该测试读者信任：“通过与现实的比较，我的故事[是]作为一个假日明信片的驯服。”
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