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RESTLESS by William Boyd

(93 Posts)
numberplease Thu 20-Dec-12 15:56:31

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

seashells Thu 20-Dec-12 14:50:00

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.

Ariadne Thu 20-Dec-12 11:25:46

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!

dorsetpennt Thu 20-Dec-12 10:30:03

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.

merlotgran Wed 19-Dec-12 23:18:36

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

Sook Wed 19-Dec-12 23:14:56

Thank you GN my copy arrived today.

annodomini Wed 19-Dec-12 22:14:42

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.

numberplease Wed 19-Dec-12 22:11:28

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

yogagran Tue 18-Dec-12 18:02:47

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?

celebgran Tue 18-Dec-12 17:37:40

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

emmasnan Tue 18-Dec-12 17:33:24

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

numberplease Tue 18-Dec-12 16:22:40

Mine arrived this morning, thank you

jeni Tue 18-Dec-12 12:09:31

Mines just come as well. Thankyou gn

merlotgran Tue 18-Dec-12 11:51:19

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 envy

MaggieP Tue 18-Dec-12 11:23:51

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 !

Ariadne Thu 13-Dec-12 20:45:03

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.

flowerfriend Thu 13-Dec-12 19:59:16

Should be William. Fingers faster than brain. Sorry.

flowerfriend Thu 13-Dec-12 19:58:15

I love this book. I have read it twice and would highly recommend it. There is a story and there is something thought-provoking too and I hope the tv adaptation does this justice.