by William Boyd · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420470207
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«Sin respiro» is the spy novel by William Boyd, published by Alfaguara in paperback (392 pages, in Spanish).
In 1939, Eva Delectorskaya, a young woman of Russian origin, is recruited by the British secret services. Thirty-seven years later she gives her daughter Ruth the first chapter of her life in espionage: an account that uncovers a hidden episode between England and the United States and shows a mother who has built her existence on deceit.
Spanish edition published on 25 April 2007. Work originally published as «Restless» in 2006 and winner of the Costa Book Award. Part of the Alfaguara Literaturas collection.
For readers of spy novels and historical thrillers who appreciate suspense plots with a female protagonist and time jumps.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
