Saturday -- Ian McEwan

<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of <i>Atonement</i> follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish in this "dazzling [and] powerful" novel (<i>The New York Times</i>). <br></b><br> 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. <p/><b>Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, <i>Lessons</i>, coming in September!</b></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Ian McEwan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Anchor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 04/11/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.50lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.01h x 5.25w x 0.75d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781400076192<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>People Weekly</i> 12/26/2005 pg. 55<br><i>Time</i> 04/10/2006 pg. 81<br><i>New York Times</i> 04/30/2006 pg. 24<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of more than ten books, including the novels<i> Atonement, </i>winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award, <i>The Comfort of Strangers </i>and <i>Black Dogs, </i>both shortlisted for the Booker Prize, <i>Amsterdam, </i>winner of the Booker Prize, <i> </i>an