Silverview Silverview

Silverview

A Novel

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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.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2021
October 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
224
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
2.9
MB

Customer Reviews

olddue1 ,

Silverview

This is a wonderful book. The plot, the characters and language are beguiling.
However, it does have an unfinished feel that makes it less compelling than it might have been.

DHP2 ,

Absolutely classic

The master shows in 3very page, in every word and in the thousands of words not chosen. As spare and powerful as anything else he ever conceived. His son does great honor to the author, and gives us a great read.

jjor2501 ,

Banal. Forgettable characters.

First even come close to living up to Tinker Tailor.

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