Ein Samstag im Februar 2003: In London protestieren Tausende gegen einen drohenden Krieg im Irak. Auch der Neurochirurg Henry Perowne macht sich Sorgen um den Zustand der Welt, doch dann tritt die Gewalt in Form eines aggressiven, scheinbar gestörten Mannes in sein Leben und stellt ihn vor eine schwierige moralische Entscheidung.

Informationen zum Autor Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites , won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time , which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden ; Enduring Love ; Amsterdam , which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement ; Saturday ; On Chesil Beach ; Solar ; Sweet Tooth ; The Children Act ; Nutshell ; Machines Like Me ; and Lessons . Atonement , Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen. Klappentext Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites , won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time , which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden ; Enduring Love ; Amsterdam , which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement ; Saturday ; On Chesil Beach ; Solar ; Sweet Tooth ; The Children Act ; and Nutshell , which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time . Zusammenfassung 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. But it is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance at the Perowne family home that Henry's earlier fears seem about to be realised...

Vorwort
Re-jacketed in stunning new series style, Saturday is a gripping novel centering around the London anti-war protest in 2003 from the Booker prize-winning Sunday Times-bestselling Ian McEwan.

Klappentext

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.

Zusammenfassung
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. But it is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance at the Perowne family home that Henry's earlier fears seem about to be realised...