![]() ![]() Standing among her family and friends she notices a stranger. Twenty-eight year old Eva Delectorskaya is at the funeral of her beloved younger brother. So what is William Boyd's Restless all about? Brush Pass – a quick review from Spybrary listeners on the books they love (and hate!) Was Professor Fielding right to claim William Boyd's novel is the best spy book when it comes to female characters? Listen in and find out. What did Clarissa think of the female characters? Just click the play button or listen on these various platforms. We have extracted the transmission from the disk that came in the Spybrary diplomatic bag and decoded for you. So she sought out Restless and very kindly brush pass reviewed the novel for us. She loves the work of John le Carre and admits that even his female characters are pretty thin. ![]() Spybrary podcast listener Clarissa Aykroyd has some well documented issues on the portrayal females in spy books. Restless by William Boyd review on the Spybrary Podcast On Episode 31, Professor Penny Fielding of Edinburgh University (and organiser of Edinburgh spy week) told Spybrary listeners that she felt the spy novel with the most convincing female characters is Restless by William Boyd. William Boyd's Restless Reviewed on the Spybrary Podcast ![]()
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