Silverview A Novel

John le Carré

eBook - 2021

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 ReviewJulian 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. Edwa...rd, 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... more