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  Saturday

 
Saturday
Author:    Ian McEwan
ISBN:    9780099469681
ISBN-10:    0099469685
Publisher:    Random House Publishers
Date Published:    29/10/2005
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    304
Language:    English
RRP: $19.95
PRICE: $18.75
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Book Description:
Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man- a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind and proud father of two grown-up children. Unusually, he wakes before dawn, drawn to the window of his bedroom and filled with a growing unease. What troubles him as he looks out at the night sky is the state of the world - the impending war against Iraq, a gathering pessimism since 9/11, and a fear that his city and his happy family life are under threat. Later, Perowne makes his way to his weekly squash game through London streets filled with hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors. A minor car accident brings him into a confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive, young man, on the edge of violence. To Perowne's professional eye, there appears to be something profoundly wrong with him. Towards the end of a day rich in incident and filled with Perowne's celebrations of life's pleasures, his family gathers for a reunion. But with the sudden appearance of Baxter, Perowne's earlier fears seem about to be realised.


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Category: Fiction - General
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Review by Kat 
What more could happen to one man in one day...

Henry Perowne rises unexpectedly from the warmth of his bed in the very early hours of Saturday morning. The house is quiet and Henry, standing in the comforting winter chill of his room, reflects upon his family, his work and the state of the world since 9/11. Suddenly, a disturbing vision from outside his window distracts his attention...

Gripping, powerful, sensitive, intelligent, Saturday is everything I love about McEwan. As always, he's hooked me in with his masterful observation and beautiful prose and held onto me tight as I drifted into his dark world full of underlying tension. This is an older, mature and very personal McEwan at the height of his powers!

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