Saturday

Synopsis

National bestseller • the booker prize winner and bestselling author of atonement follows an ordinary man through a saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish in this “dazzling [and] powerful” novel (the new york times). 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.