“There is a luminous beauty in Phillips’s prose. Whether it is the dark interiors of war–which have become her forte–or the equally complex and fraught lives of so-called “ordinary” people, Phillips brings these theaters of peace and loss, death and transcendence together with a remarkable alchemy.”
—Ken Burns

“Jayne Anne Phillips is a brilliant artist working at the height of her powers. Word by word, and line by line, there is no one better. ”
—Tayari Jones

“Night Watch takes a highly deserved place among important novels about war and its legacy.”
— Alice Elliott Dark

“A searing portrait of the cruelties of race, the insanity of war, and the tragedy of its aftermath.”
—Drew Gilpin Faust

“Jayne Anne Phillips arrives at the crowning achievement of an extraordinary career.”
—Alice Randall