Saturday (Recorded Books Unabridged)

by Ian McEwan

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"Dazzling. . . . Profound and urgent" Observer

"A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence. . . .  Everyone should read Saturday" Financial Times

Saturday, February 15, 2003.

Henry Perowne, a successful neurosurgeon, stands at his bedroom window before dawn and watches a plane—ablaze with fire like a meteor—arcing across the London sky. Over the course of the following day, unease gathers about Perowne, as he moves among hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors who’ve taken to the streets in the aftermath of 9/11.

A minor car accident brings him into confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive man, who to Perowne’s professional eye appears to be profoundly unwell. But it is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance at the Perowne family home that Henry’s earlier fears seem about to be realized. . .
  • ISBN10 0676977626
  • ISBN13 9780676977622
  • Publish Date 10 January 2006 (first published 24 January 2005)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Vintage Canada