The Night Watch[A] wonderful novel Waters is almost Dickensian in her wealth of description and depth of character. "Chicago Tribune" Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, "The Night Watch" 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, stunning surprise and exquisite turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a grand historical event." |
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... Kay was in love with you . For that was all the connection she and Julia had . They could not be said , even , to be friends . Julia was Kay's friend , as Mickey was — or rather , not at all as Mickey was , for she did not , as Mickey ...
... Kay was in love with you . For that was all the connection she and Julia had . They could not be said , even , to be friends . Julia was Kay's friend , as Mickey was — or rather , not at all as Mickey was , for she did not , as Mickey ...
Page 243
... Kay's constant fussing , which had once been so appealing , so exciting , could also be rather like a burden ; that Kay made an absurd kind of heroine of you ; that Kay's passion was so great there was something unreal about it , it ...
... Kay's constant fussing , which had once been so appealing , so exciting , could also be rather like a burden ; that Kay made an absurd kind of heroine of you ; that Kay's passion was so great there was something unreal about it , it ...
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... Kay , ' said Mickey , grabbing at her arm again . ' Hughes is right . It's too far . ' ' I don't care , ' said Kay , almost wildly . ' I'll run . I'll— ' Then she saw the ambulance . She said , more steadily , ' I'm taking the van ...
... Kay , ' said Mickey , grabbing at her arm again . ' Hughes is right . It's too far . ' ' I don't care , ' said Kay , almost wildly . ' I'll run . I'll— ' Then she saw the ambulance . She said , more steadily , ' I'm taking the van ...
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