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An fine example of the novel of the urban experience filled with literary in-jokes
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This book captures the apprehension and fear that infiltrated post-9/11 society better than any other I've read. McEwan ratchets up the tension in this thriller, which follows Henry, his protagonist, through a 24-hour period that begins with a misunderstanding and ends in a way you could never expect. Saturday is a finely wrought page-turner.
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This book grabbed me from the first page and carried me through McEwan's facile tale of storytelling. His characters are always people you learn about but don't necessarily like. You know them so thoroughly by the end of the book that you understand their motivation and behavior. I love that McEwan introduces real life events which most readers can recall vividly and weaves his story with that as a backdrop, in this case the peace march which took place in London (simultaneously in other parts of the world) against the war in Iraq. Mc Ewan''s research is so impeccable that it adds another layer to the saga. I read this when it first came out and I think back to it so often, since it was such a satisfying and disturbing read, as so many of his books tend to be.
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The day that won’t end (3.5 *s) Henry Perowne, head of neurosurgery at a London hospital, often has full days, but his weekend Saturday, Feb 15, 2003, is a day unlike any he has ever had. It is the day when the million-people demonstration against the impending Iraqi bombing is to occur, but it is the fiery crash of what appears to be an airliner that Henry observes in the distance from the bedroom window of his townhome in central London in the wee hours of the morning that draws on barely submerged fears of terrorism in this post 9/11 world and sets a tone of anxiety for the remainder of the day. His planned day was already full: the squash match with a colleague, a potentially upsetting visit with his mother at a home for those affected by dementia; and shopping for the dinner that he is going to prepare for a family reunion that evening. But the unexpected and disturbing continue to intrude. He avoids a beating at the hands of some London street toughs after being involved in a car accident with them only by throwing the leader off track by observing that he is in the late stages of a neurological disease; not too surprisingly, his subsequent squash match becomes unusually testy; and he nearly misses the new musical creation of his son’s band at a music venue due to the increased traffic from the march. Not only does Henry have experience overload on this Saturday, but in these various situations the reader is privy to a constant stream of Henry’s descriptions of what is unfolding but also what he is thinking and what he thinks those around him are thinking. Although Henry takes center stage for virtually the entire book, and despite his remarkable competency as a neurosurgeon, he is a rather ambiguous fellow, though likeable. He ponders much: life’s meanings, the existence of God, biological destiny, and the like. And it all seems to leave him rather uncertain, more than might be expected from such an accomplished person. His relationship with his grown children is perhaps a reflection of his inability to deal with a non-rational world. His daughter Daisy, a young poet and intriguing character, is adept at finding cracks in his understandings, which she attempts to address by amusingly giving her father assigned reading. The reader can easily suffer from overload with this book, not just from the sequence of events, but also from Henry’s nonstop ruminations. In addition, just when one might think that the day is going to wind down, it continues in bizarre fashion. Henry’s chance encounter with the London punks comes back to haunt him and his family rather disturbingly that evening. Though the last chapters seem to be just more piling on an already filled to capacity day, in them some understandings and lessening of antagonisms do occur. It should be mentioned that while the author’s lengthy descriptions of Henry’s very complex medical procedures may be understood by a few, most readers will undoubtedly be only too happy to get past them. This book really comes down to whether Henry’s numerous, repetitious and tentative insights, though not uninteresting, outweigh the tediousness of his being involved in enough situations for most individuals’ weeks.
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ISBN:
9781400076192
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
04/11/2006
Publisher:
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Pages:
304
Height:
.75IN
Width:
5.25IN
Thickness:
.50
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
UPC Code:
2801400076194
Author:
Ian McEwan
Author:
Ian McEwan
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General Fiction
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Psychological fiction
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London (england)
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