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The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

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 compelling storyteller, using a very different setting from that of her earlier work.

This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances.

Without actually winning, this book was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker

“The Night Watch is a truthful, lovely book that needs no conjuring tricks to make you want to read it again. “The Guardian