by WilliamBoyd (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Export and UK open market ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 0747589372
ISBN 13: 9780747589372
Book Overview: An utterly gripping wartime espionage novel, this is William Boyd's most commerical novel to date For fans of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, Enigma by Robert Harris, Atonement by Ian McEwan and Spies by Michael Frayn Restless is the winner of the Best Novel category of the Costa Book Awards
Prizes: Shortlisted for British Book Awards: Best Read of the Year 2007 and Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2007.