The night watch by sarah waters
Whats special about this novel though is that it is told. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. Almost all of Sarah Waterss novels have a clear lesbian agenda, and The Night Watch is no exception. Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover. Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret.
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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. This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy.
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.