![]() ![]() “I knew that it existed and that he’d been working on it,” said Geller. Jonny Geller, le Carré’s literary agent, said it had been extraordinary to read the book after his death, and “very emotional not being able to pick up the phone and call him straight away” to talk about it. When a spy chief in London is warned of a dangerous leak, his investigations lead him to Julian’s seaside retreat. But after only a few months, he is visited by a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, who seems overly interested in his new business. Silverview is the story of Julian Lawndsley, who has left a high-flying job in the City to run a bookshop in a small English seaside town. “This is the authentic le Carré, telling one more story.” It’s a superb and fitting final novel,” said his youngest son Nick Cornwell, a novelist who writes under the pen name of Nick Harkaway. ![]() “The book is fraught, forensic, lyrical, and fierce, at long last searching the soul of the modern Secret Intelligence Service itself. ![]()
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