RESTLESS by William Boyd

Should be William. Fingers faster than brain. Sorry.

I haven't read this one, flower but have read a lot of his other books and they are always thought provoking. I liked "An Ice Cream War" and "Brazzaville Beach" in particular.

Thank you GN, my copy has just arrived and I look forward to taking it to Thailand in January to read on our R and R on the beach !

My copy arrived this morning. I'm so pleased because I've just finished my library books and have had to renew them because I won't have time to take them back till after Christmas. Thanks, GN.

Lucky you, MaggieP

Mines just come as well. Thankyou gn

Mine arrived this morning, thank you

Mine came today as well. Thank you . Looking forward to reading it.

I have never been sent book you must have to get in quick i TAKE it ??

I understand that "Restless" is going to be shown on BBC1 in late 2012 according to a website I looked at. Have I missed it or is it still to come?

Can`t remember the date Yogagran, but it`s on over the Christmas period, I saw it in the TV Times.

I read it on my way to New Zealand three years ago - and left it there. I do enjoy William Boyd's novels. I appreciate a writer who can develop a plot, though some critics seem to despise this type of literature. Huh! All the surviving great works of the past (classics) have plots.

Thank you GN my copy arrived today.

I like to read a book before the TV version so I'd better get cracking.

Have just received this in the post from a mystery sender - looks good. I'm reading a very harrowing booked titled 'Slavery by Another Name' by Douglas Blackmon. A Pulizter prize book about the re-enslavement of Black Americans after the Civil War to WW2.

I have just received it too - no information about who sent it, so I must have asked for it on GN? Did I? Getting confused over all the online shopping I've done!

My copy has just arrived, thank you very much, and I'm saving it for Thailand too, in February. Not much lounging around planned as I will be 'racing' around after my 2 year old English/ Thai granddaughter.

I`ve just started reading my copy, I think I`m going to like it.

yogagran its on December 27th on BBC1

Thanks maggie I've set the machine to record it, will watch when the house is back to normal!

Have just read the book and watched the TV series, TV was better than the book. I don't reckon much to Boyd as an author.

Haven't read the book, but found the TV version a bit mixed. I thought the first episode was very good, but it fell away in the second one and I thought the ending was unsatisfactory. I didn't understand why she would put her family at risk for some vague fears about being watched. The acting was good, though I couldn't quite get Michael Gambon as an older Rufus Sewell.
The best thing on tele over Christmas, but that is not saying much...

William Boyd is one of my favourite novelists. I have read everything he has written and don't intend to watch it on TV.
In our family we started with Brazzavile Beach as DD2 was studying Biology at that time. Everything he stated in that book about Primates being so near to humans genetically, and that they could be aggressive has now been proved.

Restless is such a well constructed novel. As I reached the end I still didn't know which side she was really on. You can't get that amount of soulsearching and suspense in a modern film, where nobody ever gets to talk for longer than a sentence or two.

Saw the TV adaptation. Thought it was 'much ado about nothing'. The acting was good though.