The night watch
A tale set in World War II finds a rescue worker struggling for composure after a bombing, a young woman longing for her soldier lover, and a convict who watches a battle through the bars of his window. Moving backward through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, this novel 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, surprise, and turns, o…
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- Full title :The night watch / Sarah Waters.
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A tale set in World War II finds a rescue worker struggling for composure after a bombing, a young woman longing for her soldier lover, and a convict who watches a battle through the bars of his window. Moving backward through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, this novel 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, surprise, and turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a grand historical event.
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- Publication Date:2006.
- Edition:First Riverhead trade paperback edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:528 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1594482306, 9781594482304
- oclc:ocm76047471
- LC Classification:PR6073.A828
- Dewey Decimal:823/.914
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