The Night Watch is a beautifully poignant novel that takes you on an emotional journey through the secrets of wartime London. It offers a glimpse into the lives of four people, each with their own painful secrets and desires, and shows how their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. The book's unique and distinctive feature is the way it moves backwards through time, starting with the end and working its way back to the beginning. If you're a fan of historical fiction and are looking for a beautifully written, emotional read, then The Night Watch is definitely worth your time.

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• Booker Prize Nominee (2006)
• Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2007)
• Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2006)
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2006)
• Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (2006)
• Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Dramatic/General Fiction (2007)

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9781594482304.Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller.This is the story of four Londoners – three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching. Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret. Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover. Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances…Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the backdrop of feats of heroism both epic and ordinary, here is a novel of relationships that offers up subtle surprises and twists. The Night Watch is thrilling. A towering achievement.

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