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Book Review of Saturday

Saturday
Saturday
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4


This novel 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 & grown children - plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother & cook dinner for the family. But a minor traffic accident leads to an unsettling confrontation.