Restless (novel)

Restless
First edition
AuthorWilliam Boyd
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy novel
PublisherBloomsbury
Publication date
2006
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
ISBN1-59691-236-7
OCLC64289453
823/.914 22
LC ClassPR6052.O9192 R47 2006

Restless is an espionage novel written by William Boyd, published in 2006. It won the Costa Prize for fiction.[1]

The novel depicts the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother was recruited as a spy during World War II. The book continually switches between time periods and, in doing so, from first to third person.

According to the author, it is one of the first novels to deal with the British Security Coordination service in New York. The book gained general public interest when it was chosen for inclusion in 'Book Club 2007', on the UK television show Richard & Judy.[2]

  1. ^ Clements, Toby (3 September 2006). "A writer's life: William Boyd". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 23 May 2007.[dead link]
  2. ^ Jury, Louise (5 January 2007). "Richard and Judy select Britain's next best-sellers". The Independent. Retrieved 10 April 2020.