Silverview cover art

Silverview

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Silverview

By: John le Carré
Narrated by: Toby Jones
Try Premium Plus free

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $21.99

Buy Now for $21.99

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past 60 years - the secret world itself.

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 mesmerising 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.

©2021 John le Carré (P)2021 Penguin Audio Espionage Genre Fiction Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Law Crime
All stars
Most relevant
not the usual sort of spy mystery and quite intriguing. plenty of twists and turns

interesting characters

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The reader is not left disappointed with John le Carre's last novel, He stays committed to delivering a story that almost turns each page on its own. Not a word wasted. The narrative is delicate and restrained and we have spies with doubts, with emotions. They look into the mirror and have no answer. The story looks at the service with more humanity than any previous novel. And I loved that rawness. It's a truly wonderful book and Toby Jones spins the yarn with vigour.

Still committed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Le’Carre has in my opinion exceeded himself with this book. Absolutely superb. He leads the listener on a merry dance, steering us to expectations that don’t surface. Teasing the listener along the garden path and may I say with better success this time. The best literary writer and he will be greatly missed

One of the best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Found it difficult to follow the narrative , came together somewhat in the last chapter

Not as good as other books

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was doubtful of being interested in a work without Smiley heading the service, but this is one of Le Carre's best.
Well worth a listen!

Exciting reading.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.