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Saturday

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. . .
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Publisher: Knopf Canada
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  • ISBN: 9780307371225
  • Release date: February 24, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9780307371225
  • File size: 428 KB
  • Release date: February 24, 2009
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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English

"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. . .
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction