Silverview

Silverview is a novel by British writer John le Carré, published posthumously on 12 October 2021. The book was completed for publication by his son Nick Cornwell. In the afterword, he noted that the process was "more like retouching a painting than completing a novel." He also speculated that his father refrained from publishing it sooner because it “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.”

Silverview centres on a young bookseller, an enigmatic Polish immigrant, and a British agent hunting down a leak. At just over 200 pages, it is the shortest le Carré novel since A Murder of Quality in 1962.

In 2021, Penguin Audio released an audiobook version, read by Toby Jones.