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The Night Watch is a novel by Paula Hawkins that tells the story of four Londoners during the 1940s. Kay, Helen, Viv, and Duncan all have secrets that they are hiding from each other. War leads to strange alliances, and the characters' secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. The Night Watch is a thrilling book that needs no conjuring tricks to make you want to read it again. Philip Hensher of the Observer said that The Night Watch is a towering achievement. Peter Kemp of the Sunday Times said that The Night Watch is richly coloured, and compelling to read. Michele Roberts of the Independent on Sunday said that The Night Watch is brilliantly done and the period detail never overwhelms the simple, passionate human story.
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. Review: The Night Watch is a truthful, lovely book that needs no conjuring tricks to make you want to read it again -- Philip Hensher Observer This outstandingly gifted novelist releases her imagination into her most compelling depiction yet -- Peter Kemp Sunday Times The Night Watch is sharply and compassionately observed, richly coloured, and compelling to read -- Michele Roberts Independent 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
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