by William Boyd · Punto de Lectura S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466321303
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«Sin respiro» is the spy novel by William Boyd, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
In 1976, Sally Gilmartin, an English widow living in a Cotswolds village, reveals to her daughter Ruth that during World War II she was Eva Delectorskaya, an agent of the British secret service. Someone still wants to kill her, so Sally will need Ruth's help to find the man who recruited her, reconstructing a past of false identities, espionage in New York, and a dangerous love.
Translation by Beatriz García Ríos. Originally published as «Restless», it won the Costa Book Award for novel in 2006.
For readers of spy novels, historical thrillers, and contemporary British fiction.
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.”
