The Spanish Gardener (novel)

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The Spanish Gardener

First edition (UK)
Author	A. J. Cronin
Language	English
Publisher	Gollancz (UK) Little, Brown (US)
Publication date	1950
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	256 pp. (UK hardback edition)
ISBN	0-450-01108-9

The Spanish Gardener is a 1950 novel by A. J. Cronin which tells the story of an American consul, Harrington Brande, who is posted to San Jorge on the Costa Brava, Spain with his young son Nicholas. The novel relates how Nicholas's innocent love for his father is destroyed by the latter's jealousy and vindictiveness when Nicholas forms a friendship with the young Spanish gardener, José Santero.

The novel was adapted for both film and television.