Restless
by:
William Boyd (author)
Eva Delectorskaya, a beautiful Russian emigree living in Paris, is recruited for the British Secret Service by the mysterious Lucas Romer. Under his tutelage she becomes the perfect spy - trusting no one, even those she loves most. Since the close of the Second World War, Eva has carefully...
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Eva Delectorskaya, a beautiful Russian emigree living in Paris, is recruited for the British Secret Service by the mysterious Lucas Romer. Under his tutelage she becomes the perfect spy - trusting no one, even those she loves most. Since the close of the Second World War, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typical English wife. But once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment, and this time Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781408891377 (1408891377)
Publish date: 2017-09-21
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 325
Edition language: English
"Restless" is both a compelling thriller and a close look at the mechanics and consequences of deception. It slides easily across the tongue and then leaves an after-taste that is complex and intriguing. The novel takes place on two historical timelines simultaneously: Oxford in the 1970's (presen...
bookshelves: re-read, published-2006, spies, autumn-2011, paper-read, play-dramatisation Read from January 01, 2006 to November 06, 2011 A re-read via BBC radio : http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...In the summer of 1976, Ruth discovers that her very English mother is in fact a one-time Bri...
Having enjoyed previous novels by William Boyd, seeing that the BBC was doing an adaptation of Restless over Christmas. I firstly bought this novel in order to attempt to read it before the show, and then failed reading the novel or watching the TV version.However, I finally got round to reading Res...
I'm quite glad this book is finally finished. I had an incredibly hard time with it, I'm not one who really enjoys reading long-winded stories that go nowhere. I expected so much more out of this book...why not? It's about a grown daughter who finds out that her mother was a SPY during WWII. That sh...
10 years ago
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