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Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to get rid of with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a brilliant and compelling storyteller. This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance through 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 already established his own demons to fight through the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War contributes to strange alliances ...Tender, tragic and beautifully poignant, set against the background 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.
