The Night Watch tells the extraordinary story of four Londoners: Kay, who wanders the streets in mannish clothes, restless and searching. Helen, who harbours a troubling secret. Viv, a glamour girl, recklessly loyal to her soldier lover. Duncan, an apparent innocent, struggling with demons of his own. Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liaisons and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, this is an astonishing novel.
