{"product_id":"the-night-watch-by-sarah-waters-241w","title":"The Night Watch by Sarah Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e472 pages ; 23 cm  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 sometimes surprising ways. In wartime London, the women work - as ambulance drivers, ministry clerks, and building inspectors. There are feats of heroism, epic and quotidian, and tragedies both enormous and personal. Sarah Waters describes the taut composure of a rescue worker in the aftermath of a bombing, the idle longing of a young woman for her soldier lover, the peculiar thrill of a convict watching the sky ignite through the bars on his window, the hunger of a woman prowling the streets for an encounter, and the panic of another who sees her love affair coming to an end.--Jacket  Man Booker Prize, 2006, shortlist  Includes bibliographical references\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41827827974218,"sku":"241w","price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/241w_1_49236528-feda-4005-b0d8-c43d25086a2c.jpg?v=1764409324","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-night-watch-by-sarah-waters-241w","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}