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Saturday by Ian McEwan

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Saturday

Ian McEwan

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · April 11, 2006

Reading lane: Historical Thrillers

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 ).

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Who It's For

Good for readers interested in psychological and domestic dramaGood for fans of literary fiction exploring ordinary life disrupted

Book Details

Authors
Ian McEwan
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
April 11, 2006
Format
Paperback
Theme
Historical Thrillers · 21st-Century English Fiction
Reading lane
Historical Thrillers

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Publisher Categories

  • Family Sagas

  • Historical Fiction

  • Literary Fiction

About This Book

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 unset...

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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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