A podcast on the world of John le Carré
In the final episode of this four part look at Silverview Matthew Bradford and I continue to discuss John le Carré’s final complete novel.
We discuss the climatic conclusion of Silverview!
We also talk about where Silverview fits among le Carré’s work and some talk on collecting the book.
All that and much more in this episode.
Matthew’s twitter – @doubleosection
Matthew’s Website – Double O Section
Jeff’s site – SpyWrite.com
Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite
Bravo on episode 4, gentlemen….I really enjoyed it….and, thanks, Matthew for perfectly giving voice to my own thoughts. Silverview, by any standard, was not his best book. Certainly not one of the handful of novels he’ll be remembered by. But, as you said, ‘it was a gift’….an unexpected opportunity to, once again, revisit all that made you love him in the first place. To again, experience his mastery of language and cadence that was uniquely his. It’s so laughable that book blurbs continue to paint new author’s as ‘the next le Carre’. I understand it’s all marketing, but still.. His was a unique talent, There’s always going to be the ‘next big thing’ and other greats will emerge in the field. But another le Carre?….not going to happen.
The le Carré Cast 
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