![]() It is the story of four women, and one young man, their war, their loves and griefs. I found myself compelled to read on quickly, to find out what significance things referred to in 1947 had in the past, it’s a very clever and effective way of telling a story. If that sounds confusing – fear not – it isn’t – everything holds together really well. ![]() The narrative is told backwards, beginning in 1947 and moving back to 1941 – the beginning of the story. It was tiring, sometimes, when you hadn’t the energy for it that’s all.” “The best thing to do was to brazen it out, throw your head back, walk with a swagger, make a ‘character’ of yourself. I shall certainly read more The Paying Guests has been recommended to me by several people. I really enjoyed the way Sarah Waters writes, characters are well drawn, and the period detail is spot on. So often I seem drawn to small novels and this was quite a chunky book at something like 500 pages– though I read it on my kindle. The Night Watch is very different to that novel – but just as compelling. ![]() ![]() I have only read one other Sarah Waters novel – Fingersmith, but that was ten years ago. Liking a WW2 novel as I do, I chose The Night Watch for my 2006 slot of A Century of Books. ![]()
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