It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian emigree living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer,a mysterious Englishman,and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy,to mask her emotions and trust no one,including those she loves most. Since the war,Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typically English wife and mother. 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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9780747586203Number of pages: 336Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Boyd is English fiction's master storyteller...Restless is that rare thing: a spy thriller from a first-rate narrative intelligence.'- Independent on Sunday
'Fast moving,densely plotted,beautifully observed and probably one of the best things Boyd has done.'- Esquire
'A good,rollicking read...pulls you deep in to the obscure,forgotten intricacies of wartime espionage...will keep you turning pages until the end.'- Observer
'Heart-stoppingly exciting...a riveting tale of wartime derring-do.'- Time Out
William Boyd
Throughout a glittering career,William Boyd has covered everything from colonial farce to primate research in a series of beautifully-rendered novels. His 1991 debut A Good Man in Africa immediately bagged the Whitbread First Novel Award,a win that has heralded contemporary classics such as the Costa-winning Restless and the literary tour de force that is Any Human Heart.
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