In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of ATONEMENT, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish.
Anchor
April 2006
Featuring: Henry Perowne
304 pages ISBN: 1400076196 Trade Size (reprint) Add to Wish List
Henry Perowneβa neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up childrenβplans 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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