{"product_id":"9780676977622","title":"Saturday","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Booker Prize\u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003ewinning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement—\u003c\/i\u003eIan McEwan's acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eSaturday \u003c\/i\u003efollows an ordinary man through a single day whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”Dazzling . . . powerful.” \u003ci\u003e—The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne, a successful neurosurgeon, stands at his bedroom window before dawn and watches a plane—ablaze with fire like a meteor—arcing across the London sky. Over the course of the following day, unease gathers about Perowne, as he moves among hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors who’ve taken to the streets in the aftermath of 9\/11.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA minor car accident brings him into confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive man, who to Perowne’s professional eye appears to be profoundly unwell. But it is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance at the Perowne family home that Henry’s earlier fears seem about to be realized. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e “A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence. . . . Everyone should read Saturday” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ian McEwan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":42672415244448,"sku":"9780676977622","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c77e4d2c-d001-42af-9dd0-dcd48af61abd.jpg?v=1732239419","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780676977622","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}