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juliechristinejohnson 's review for:
Restless
by William Boyd
This was such a good read! It's set in Oxfordshire, England in the late 1970s and in various European locales during WWII. The modern story is of a young single mum who learns that her mother was an agent in an ultra-secret branch of the British Secret Service during the war. Her mum reveals this truth because she is certain someone from her past has reappeared and is trying to kill her.
The contemporary sections of the novel are narrated in first-person by the daughter and the tone is quirky, sweet and irreverant, Kate Atkinson-ish. The parts set during WWII cast the reader as observer and are John Le Carre juicy spy stuff.
Again, it was a story, an approach and a set of characters that surprised me and kept me eagerly turning the page. I love a great yarn!
The contemporary sections of the novel are narrated in first-person by the daughter and the tone is quirky, sweet and irreverant, Kate Atkinson-ish. The parts set during WWII cast the reader as observer and are John Le Carre juicy spy stuff.
Again, it was a story, an approach and a set of characters that surprised me and kept me eagerly turning the page. I love a great yarn!