Restless: A Novel

Restless: A Novel
by William Boyd

Restless: A Novel
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Author: William Boyd
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-29
ISBN: 1596912375
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Book Reviews of Restless: A Novel

Book Review: as usual, Boyd delivers a terrific story
Summary: 5 Stars

'Restless' contains two narrative threads, one modern (mid-1970s) and the other circa 1940, that are interlaced as alternate chapters. In the modern segment we had a young mother trying to sort out her life, and is coping with an increasingly odd-acting mother who announces that she is not who she thinks is; in fact she is a Russian-born WW II spy. In the pre-WW II thread we see how this woman became a spy and what sort of spying she actually did. Both narrative threads blend together beautifully; the book is immensely readable. It all comes together with a satisfying conclusion.


PS - I admit William Boyd is one of my favorite authors, and 'Restless' is on par with the best of his works.

Summary of Restless: A Novel

Someone is trying to kill Sally Gilmartin. It is the summer of 1976, and the only person she can trust is her daughter, Ruth, a young single mother struggling with her own demons. Now Sally must tell her daughter the truth: She is actually Eva Delectorskaya, a Russian émigré recruited for the British Secret Service in 1939.  Soon Ruth is drawn deeper into the astonishing events of her mother?s past, including her work in New York City manipulating the press in order to shift public sentiment toward U.S. involvement in Second World War and her dangerous love affair with another spy. Ruth also discovers that her mother has one final assignment. This time, though, Eva can?t do it alone?she needs Ruth?s help.  Full of tension and drama, emotion and history, this is storytelling at its finest.

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