Saturday - Ian McEwan Reviews

This is the first book I have read by Ian McEwan so I can not make an immediate comparison with his previous efforts. 'Saturday' is one of those novels in which the whole story takes place in a single day. It begins in the early hours of the morning with McEwan's main protagonist Henry Perowne staring out of his bedroom window and witnessing the ...  Read the complete review

I am reviewing ‘Saturday’ by Ian McEwan.My copy I borrowed from my Dad, but I had a little look on the net, and copies were available for £13.99. Mr McEwan has written several novels before, including The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers and Enduring Love. This is the first one of his that I have come across, so I cannot compare ...  Read the complete review

***Please note this review had been posted before in the genral McEwan category, now removed from there and reposted in it's correct place*** Henry Perowne is firmly on the side of reason: a neurosurgeon by profession, an evolutionist by philosophy, coming clearly from the science side of the great divide; perhaps more than even a ...  Read the complete review

Ian McEwan’s tenth novel describes one Saturday – February 15th, 2003, to be precise - in the life of Henry Perowne –forty-eight years old, consultant neurosurgeon, loving husband and father. Henry’s thoughts and actions over the course of this day , which include mundane activities – playing squash, visiting his mother, making a fish stew – as ...  Read the complete review

Saturday is a snap shot of a novel. It's a life, a family, a city, a country, a world - all wrapped up and neatly presented as the day in the life of one man. It deals with twenty four hours in the shoes of one man, when simple everyday events threaten to collapse the central structure of his life. Henry Perowne is a good man. A fine ...  Read the complete review