Silverview: A Novel (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 70 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
An instant New York Times bestseller!
In his last completed novel, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years—the secret world itself.
“[Le Carré] was often considered one of the finest novelists, period, since World War II. It’s not that he 'transcended the genre,' as the tired saying goes; it’s that he elevated the level of play… [Silverview’s] sense of moral ambivalence remains exquisitely calibrated.” —The New York Times Book Review
Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise.
When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . .
Silverview is the mesmerizing story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. In his inimitable voice John le Carré, the greatest chronicler of our age, seeks to answer the question of what we truly owe to the people we love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The late spy novelist John le Carré left this thriller to be published after his death—and it definitely has that sense of farewell to it. It’s the story of thirtysomething Julian Lawndsley, who has left his high-pressure financial career in London to open a little bookshop in a small coastal village, where a local eccentric convinces him to organize a literary salon. Meanwhile, the intelligence service is investigating a potentially serious breach, with clues pointing straight to the quiet beach town. As always with le Carré, we were drawn in by perfectly calibrated plot twists, immersive scene setting, and the stylish, witty dialogue. Narrator Toby Jones makes the most of le Carré’s words, expertly capturing the unspoken tension underpinning every conversation. There’s a melancholy sense of le Carré lamenting the politicization of modern-day intelligence services, making the remarkable storyteller’s final work feel as timely as Cold War classics like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
Customer Reviews
Good book!
I will miss his books.
This was another great one.
Im so glad there was one more!
Silverview
Such a good book I stayed up all night listening to this audiobook
Silverview: A Novel by John LeCarre
An excellent, well written, typical by John. This is said to be the last book
he was working on, and a great deal of care was taken to prepare it for publication.