Silverview : a novel / John Le Carré ; afterword by Nick Cornwell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593554739
- ISBN: 0593554736
- Physical Description: 252 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Subtitle from cover. |
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Genre: | Large type books. Fiction. Spy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Spy fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | LP LECARRE (Text) | 000162838 | Large Print -- Fiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Silverview : A Novel
JOHN LE CARRà was born in 1931. For six decades he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence, in MI5 and MI6. He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead , in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy , and Smiley's People . At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel , was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies , appeared in 2017. Silverview is his twenty-sixth novel. John le Carré died on December 12, 2020.