The Verdict on le Carré’s Final Novel

John le Carré died in December last year and Silverview is his final novel. If it weren’t for the fact that le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of the last 60 years, not to mention one of the most bankable, chances are this book would have stayed locked in the desk drawer. And yet here it is, a slim volume of little over 200 pages, written in the closing period of his life. His son, the novelist Nick Harkaway, made the final touches to the manuscript.