Saturday [Paperback]

In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author ofAtonement,follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. 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.

“Dazzling. . . . Powerful. . . . McEwan has shown how we . . . live today.” –The New York Times

“Finely wrought and shimmering with intelligence.” –The New York Times Book Review

“McEwan is supremely gifted. . . .Saturdayis a tightly wound tour de force.” –The Washington Post Book World

“This extraordinary book is not a political novel. It is a novel about consciousness that illuminates the sources of politics.” –The Nation

“Saturdayis an exemplary novel, engrossing and sustained. It is undoubtedly McEwan’s best.” –The Spectator

“Read the last 100 pages at one sitting–the pace and the thrill allow it. . . . Exhilarating.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Virtuosic. . . . Brilliantly macabre and suspenseful. . . . [A] fine novel.” –The Wall Street Journal

“McEwan is in the first tier of novelists writing in English today. . . . He has achieved a complete mastery of his craft.” –The New York Observer

“This is McEwan at the height of his powers. . . . More audacious thanAtonement.” –Thl“W