Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7848 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Review
'A stunning achievement' John Harding, Daily Mail'Brilliantly done ... the period detail never overwhelms the simple, passionate human story. It's a tour-de-force of hints, clues and dropped threads' Suzi Feay, Independent on Sunday 'A truthful, lovel

Suzi Feay, Independent on Sunday
'Brilliantly done... a tour-de-force of hints, clues and dropped threads'

Melanie McGrath, Evening Standard
'Sarah Waters's latest offering lingers on, long after the final page and its first, most fateful meeting'

Customer Reviews

Dross
This is such a disappointing read from a writer who has authored such gems as Fingersmith and the truly awesome (and highly underrated) Affinity that you have to wonder what on earth her publishers were thinking of in allowing the release of this vapid tosh. Shallow characterisation and bland storyline are not what made Sarah Waters a household name but sadly that's exactly what you get with this one. One to avoid!

Dull, dull, dull
I only finished this book because I had to. It was a book club choice.
The only part I really engaged with was Reggie, Viv and the dentist [better not spoil the story and leave it there], and that was because Reggie was so thoroughly objectionable that I found myself very angry with him.
So, all in all, not a pleasure to read! Where was the story?

*applauds*
There was no doubt in my mind that i was going to buy this book once i had finished the other sarah waters book i was reading. But i did see that this particular one, had been given mixed reviews. Its true that this book is slightly different to her other novels, but this is not a insult! There are many characters in this one which only enrichens the story, and i fell in love with all of them. The way that their lives all interlinked was wonderful, and the time in which it is all set is superbly conveyed. I feel asthough Waters has simply raised her game with this one and i shall look forward to future releases, as i always have. The Night Watch will certainly have you gripped from start to finish. It seems to have fueled my addiction and i hope that Sarah Waters continues to feed my habbit for many books to come!