The Night Watch

I recently finished reading Sarah Waters' "The Night Watch" which I enjoyed very much.  It starts in London in 1947 and then goes back to 1944 and finishes in 1941. So rather than discover the outcome of certain events, the reader retraces the various pathways of the characters to uncover why people or events became the way they are.  A very simple devise and very engaging.

The book is set around London after and during WW2 and is largely concerned with the bombing raids, which form a backdrop for the characters.

I saw Sarah Waters give a reading from this book before it was published and then forgot all about it until the other week when I was looking for something to read on the train.  Glad I came across it.