The Night Shift Almanac, Vol. 2: Roads and Crossings

About this book

Every road is a question, and every crossing is an answer someone is afraid to give. Volume Two of The Night Shift Almanac follows the night as it travels the roads of a single unnamed Malaysian city, from the first empty hour after midnight to the exact moment the sun clears the river at six. Here are the people who keep the roads open while everyone else is asleep: a petrol attendant who serves a man driving in circles toward a village that no longer exists, a tow-truck driver who recovers more than a car from a quiet bend, a night-bus driver whose loop route carries the lonely until they are ready to get off, and an operator in a control room who can turn every light in the city green for one person who truly needs it.