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.
關於作者:
Thrice crowned 2003 Author of the Year - by the Booksellers
Association, Waterstone''s and The British Book Awards. Winner of
The South Bank Show Award, Sunday Times Author of the Year, The
Somerset Maugham Award and the CWA. Shortlisted for the Man Booker
and Orange prizes.