The Spanish Gardener. The Tree of Judas

Consul Harrington Brand's personal life and career did not go well. After receiving a minor post in a small Spanish town, he moves there with his son Nicholas. The selfish and domineering father does not allow the boy to see... his mother, uses weak health as an excuse to keep him out of school, and does not permit him to socialize with peers. Because of this, Nicholas quickly befriends a young friendly gardener named Jose. Realizing that his son is slipping out of his strict control, the enraged Harrington Brand takes dubious measures to sever the friendship between Nicholas and Jose… David Mori, a Scottish doctor, lives in Switzerland and is respected in society. He is considered a favored one of fate. However, Mori has been suffering from insomnia for many years, haunted by memories of a woman he once loved but left. Unable to correct the mistakes of his youth, he repeatedly self-destructs, shattering the lives of the women dear to him and bringing about the inevitable tragedy… The novels 'The Spanish Gardener' and 'The Tree of Judas' are written in a beautiful narrative style reminiscent of classic works by Cronin.