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Silverview 2021
Silverview is a novel written by British author John le Carré, published after his death on 12 October 2021. His son Nick Cornwell finished the work for release. In the afterword, he described the effort as "more like retouching a painting than completing a novel." He also suggested that his father delayed publication because the story “does something that no other le Carré novel ever has. It shows a service fragmented: filled with its own political factions, not always kind to those it should cherish … and ultimately not sure, any more, that it can justify itself.”
The story follows a young bookseller, a mysterious Polish immigrant, and a British agent investigating a spy leak. At 200 pages, it is the briefest le Carré novel since A Murder of Quality in 1962.
In 2021, Penguin Audio issued an audiobook version narrated by Toby Jones.
Details
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- ISBN
- 9780593490594
- Pages
- 215
- Format
- Print (hardcover and paperback)
