Author: | Ian McEwan | ISBN: | 9780307277015 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | April 11, 2006 |
Imprint: | Anchor | Language: | English |
Author: | Ian McEwan |
ISBN: | 9780307277015 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication: | April 11, 2006 |
Imprint: | Anchor |
Language: | English |
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. 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.
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. 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.