Silverview
Book Feature - Silverview by John le Carré
HBL Note: This year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of John le Carré’s first novel, Call for the Dead. In celebration of what would have been his 90th birthday, his twenty-sixth novel, Silverview, is now being released. It is the only complete, full-length novel remaining unpublished at the time of his death. In fulfillment of his wishes, his children are looking after his literary legacy which includes going through his unpublished works. About the tension between personal and political loyalty, SILVERVIEW couldn’t be more timely. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - Silverview by John le Carré
From the publisher:
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.
