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  1. The Night Watch is a dark, 2006 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters. It was shortlisted for both the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the 2006 Orange Prize. The novel, which is told backward through third-person narrative, takes place in 1940s London during and after World War II.

  2. Feb 2, 2006 · 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.

  3. Sep 27, 2006 · The Night Watch. Paperback – September 27, 2006. by Sarah Waters (Author) 3.7 2,014 ratings. See all formats and editions. “ [A] wonderful novel…Waters is almost Dickensian in her wealth of description and depth of character.”—Chicago Tribune.

  4. Sarah Waters starts from the end of the story and we end at the beginning. When we meet all these characters, their story is the past. But it’s in front of us…. The Night Watch is so clever. It makes us look at the way the drama unpeels, as opposed to unfolds, if you like.

  5. Mar 1, 2006 · Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, this novel tells the story of four Londoners: three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy.

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  6. Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners—three women and a young man with a past—whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in tragedy, stunning surprise and exquisite ...

  7. Nov 28, 2019 · "Sarah Waters describes the taut composure of a rescue worker in the aftermath of a bombing, the idle longing of a young woman for her soldier lover, the peculiar thrill of a convict watching the sky ignite through the bars on his window, the hunger of a woman prowling the streets for an encounter, and the panic of another who sees her love ...

  8. Feb 2, 2006 · Sarah Waters’ chilling and vividly rendered ghost story set in postwar Britain, brimming with rich atmosphere and psychological complexity. Fingersmith Sarah Waters offers an intriguing blend of mystery and suspense, secrets and betrayal in her evocative Victorian underworld page-turner.

  9. Sep 27, 2006 · Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four...

  10. Jul 28, 2016 · Sarah Waters's story of illicit love and everyday heroism takes us from a dazed and shattered post-war Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, towards the...

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