Twentyeightyearold eva delctorskaya is at the funeral of her murdered younger brother when she notices a stranger standing among her family and friends. A masterful, riveting espionage novel about a mother whose secret life as a wwii spy is at last revealed to her daughter. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Request this download restless, ebook by boyd, william.
William boyds restless is a brilliant espionage audiobook and a vivid portrait of the life of a female spy. Then there is the story of eva delectorskaya, a woman of russianenglish heritage, working as a spy for britain in new york in 1940 and 1941. The new york times from william boyd, awardwinning author of brazzaville beach and restless, comes a stunning literary mystery about crime and pu. An icecream war, winner of the john llewellyn rhys prize and shortlisted for the booker prize. The book continually switches between time periods and, in doing so, from first to third person. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Full of tension and drama, emotion and history, this is storytelling at its finest by one of the great literary writers of his generation. Now a major tv movie adaptation by the sundance channel and the bbc starring michelle dockery, michael gambon, charlotte rampling. William boyds restless, a tale of wartime espionage, is as acute as it is ambitious, says helen dunmore.
William boyd is the author of eight novels, including a good man in africa, an ice cream war and any human heart. Restless ebook king county library system bibliocommons. Restless book king county library system bibliocommons. Restless by william boyd is one of those novels with a parallel plot, there is the presentday told from the pointofview of ruth gilmartin a 20something phd student at oxford and a single mum. Full of tension and drama, and based on a remarkable chapter of angloamerican history, this is. William boyd 1 william boyd 1 primary author only william boyd disambiguation author division william boyd is composed of at least 7 distinct authors, divided by their works. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Restless by william boyd overdrive rakuten overdrive. Restless, the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother had been recruited as a. Spies, lies and family ties william boyd the guardian.
His father alexander, a doctor specialising in tropical medicine, and boyds mother, who was a teacher, moved to the then gold coast in 1950 to run the health clinic at the university of ghana, legon formerly university college of the gold coast. William boyd cbe frsl born 7 march 1952 is a scottish novelist, short story writer and. Boyd was born in accra, ghana, to scottish parents, both from fife, and has two younger sisters. When sally gilmartins life is threatened, she must turn to her daughter ruth for help. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. It won the costa prize for fiction the novel depicts the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother was recruited as a spy during world war ii. There is some truth to this work of fiction, and the reallife events make for a fascinating backdrop. William boyd is the author of fourteen novels including a good man in africa, winner of the whitbread award and the somerset maugham award. It is the summer of 1976 in oxfordshire, england, and someone is trying to kill sally gilmartin. Restless by wlliam boyd is a very enjoyable wwii spy story and as youd expect from boyd, brilliantly written. The book continually switches between time periods and, in. The only person she can trust is her daughter, ruth, a young single mother struggling with her own demons. Full of tension and drama, emotion and history, this is storytelling at its finest by one of the great literary writers of hi.
Restless by william boyd is a bore i raced to finish the novel, but not because i wanted to find out what happens next. Any human heart, winner of the prix jean monnet and adapted into a baftawinning channel 4 drama. A good man in africa 1981, winner of the whitbread award and the somerset maugham prize an ice cream war 1982, shortlisted for the 1982 booker prize and winner of the john llewellyn rhys prize, stars and bars 1984, the new confessions 1987, brazzaville beach 1990, winner of the mcvitie prize and the james tait. Though ruth is struggling with her own demons, she is now drawn deeper and deeper into the. An ice cream war, winner of the john llewellyn rhys prize and shortlisted for the booker prize. The blue afternoon by william boyd and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Restless william boyd view through eva delectorskaya, boyd explores how far individuals are prepared to stretch their personal morality in the cause of the greater good and the farreaching effects those judgements can have, both on their own lives and the lives of their families. Restless, winner of the costa novel of the year, the yorkshire. Boyd skillfully manipulates language as easily as eva does. Dramatisation of the william boyd novel, originally 10 x 15 minutes, now two omnibus editions. Restless by william boyd is now a twopart movie starring charlotte rampling, michael gambon, and rufus sewell, airing on the bbc in the uk and on the sundance channel in the u. Now sally wants to find the man who recruited her for the secret service, and she needs ruths help. William boyd goes all john john le carre and has written a pretty good spy. Restless is an espionage novel written by william boyd, published in 2006.
From manila to the deep american south, boyds novels traverse time and place exploring the human condition. Request this download love is blind, ebook by boyd, william. Published october 1st 2006 by sound library audio cd, 0 pages authors. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Part is written in the early days of ww2, while the other is written in mid1970s oxford. Random house canada proudly welcomes william boyd to our fiction list with a riveting espionage novel that has a supremely human twist as domestic secrets turn out to be as potent as secrets of state. Restless is similarly a novel about the murky world of espionage and centres around the machinations to disseminate false news stories which, it is hoped, with prompt the united states to join in the war against nazi germany.
Manage your content and devices your music library your prime video. William boyd is the author of fifteen novels, including a good man in africa, winner of the whitbread literary award and the somerset maugham award. Born in ghana, africa in 1952, boyd often sets his novels in faroff exotic locations in the tradition of graham greene. She is actually eva delectorskaya, a russian emigre recruited for the british secret service in 1939. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading restless.
Restless the free library of philadelphia overdrive. Spies fascinate the public imagination in the same way that actors do, possibly because to. William boyd was born in 1952 in accra, ghana, and grew up there and in nigeria. Its such a nice change to see the two main characters in a spy story being females, mother sally and daughter ruth. A novel overdrive mp3 audiobook, overdrive listen average rating. Restless ebook published may 1st 2009 by bloomsbury publishing plc ebook, 336 pages. British author william boyds novel of war and espionage, restless, is set as dual voiced. Learn more about restless in the the free library of philadelphia digital collection. Ruth is clumsy albeit untrained, and the other characters in her world are rather thinly sketched. Get ebooks restless on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free.
Through evas life, william boyd asks the intriguing question how well do we truly know someone. Yet boyd fits the puzzle together neatly in the end. He is the awardwinning author of sixteen highly acclaimed novels and. Full of tension and drama, and based on a remarkable chapter of angloamerican history, this is listening at its finest. When you pick up a william boyd book you know that it will be a struggle not to want to read one more chapter. Restless twists and turns through the double life of one remarkable woman. A dazzling literary thriller and insightful character study from the author of any human heart, restless explores both the wartime adventures. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Twentyeight year old eva delectorskaya is at the funeral of her. More kindle book deals kindle singles newsstand manage content and devices advanced search kindle store. William boyd has cleverly drawn from a rather obscure bit of espionage lore to. William boyd has received worldwide acclaim for his novels. In december, 2012 the sundance channel will air the bbcproduced film restless starring charlotte rampling, michael gambon, hayley atwell, and rufus sewell, based on this novel by william boyd.
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