Silverview, a final full-length novel by John le Carré, in which the late author delves into “the soul of the modern Secret Intelligence Service”, will be published this October. Le Carré, the author of seminal thrillers including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, died in December aged 89. Born David Cornwell, he had been working on Silverview, his 26th novel, alongside A Legacy of Spies and Agent Running in the Field. 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. “Reading le Carré’s novel after his passing feels like a gift he has left us.

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2021 12:56 UTC