Known in his professional fraternity as Proctor the Doctor, the ageing spymaster with Smiley-like traits sets out on the journey of investigation. Stewart Proctor, the Head of Domestic Security and “Witchfinder-in-Chief”, has received some classified information about Edward’s activities during the Bosnian war. Now, the service has decided to focus on his hazy past. Edward was an asset to the service for a long time. Silverview reminds the reader of the author’s famous ability to create characters with distinct personalities. There is a long list of such unforgettable le Carré characters, though Smiley’s unusual appeal sets him apart. Connie Sachs, an alcoholic Circus employee with a great memory, is a significant presence in Smiley Versus Karla. Who can forget George Smiley, the overweight spy with a receding hairline and an unfaithful wife? Bill Haydon, who appears in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, makes an impact as a senior intelligence officer. She and Julian have an affair, a distraction that appears hopelessly out of place.Ĭharacterisation has always been one of le Carré’s strengths. The couple has a daughter, Lily, who has a son from an absent father. The mysterious man lives in a house named Silverview with his wife Deborah, a former Middle East analyst with the intelligence, now in the terminal stages of cancer. Julian plays the postman without knowing her.
He even persuades him to deliver a letter to his lady friend in London. Describing himself as ‘one of life’s odd-job men’, he soon befriends Julian.Įdward suggests that the latter start a section in his bookshop called the “Republic of Literature”, which focuses on classics.
A Polish immigrant, he tells Julian that he was a schoolmate of his departed father. His name is Edward Avon, and he is friendly but mysterious. Julian hasn’t heard of WG Sebald, a surprise considering his business.Īn unknown visitor enters the bookshop one day. He has named it, rather unimaginatively, Lawndsley’s Better Books. The action then shifts to a seaside town of East Anglia where Julian Lawndsley, a 33-year-old bachelor, has bought a bookshop after leaving a well-paying job in London.
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