Saturday

Ian McEwan

Apr 2006 · Sold by Anchor

About this ebook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish in this “dazzling [and] powerful” novel (The New York Times).

Henry Perowne—a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children—plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor traffic accident leads to an unsettling confrontation, Perowne must set aside his plans and summon a strength greater than he knew he had in order to preserve the life that is dear to him.

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Ratings and reviews

No one that I know besides Ian McEwan could take me through a fairly average day and still keep me turning every page as if I was wanting the conclusion to a mystery. His writing is so beautifully put together that I can't stop reading. Saturday isn't his greatest work, but it's not far behind.

One of the best books I've read. Wish I had a group to discuss it with. Metaphorical but describes current realities.

An interesting book about one day in a city dwellers life. Profound thoughts, that perhaps we all have during a day make this novel. Suprisingly readable. Who are the targeted readers?

About the author

IAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.