’Post 9/11, everyone watches and is being watched... In Raban’s black and brilliant portrait of his adopted city, all kinds of sinister forces filter and manipulate the truth. A wonderfully ironic, disturbing take on the un-privacy of modern life’--The Times

’Jonathan Raban’s clear-eyed novel neatly encapsulates how modern culture has made voyeurs of us all’--New York Observer

In the nervous city of Seattle, privacy comes at a price. For journalist Lucy Bengstrom, life is changing fast, and when securing her home and supporting her daughter come at the cost of a particularly invasive assignment she has some tough decisions to face.

Perceptive, humane and darkly funny, Surveillance asks how to negotiate a world in which espionage has become the norm, and takes a penetrating look at a country in the grip of its most secretive administration ever.