"The distinctive achievement of McEwan's work has been to marry literary seriousness and ambition with a pace and momentum more commonly associated with genre fiction. "A magnificent new novel that captures both the comforts and the anxieties of the world we live in right now." Vogue Lucidly shows us that civilization and culture and the life of the mind, fragile as they seemingly are, nonetheless have a resilience that can outlast barbarism." ≼hristopher Hitchens, The Atlantic Monthly "McEwan's sentences are perfect, and his novels are always powerful and intelligent." People Exquisitely detailed, rich and suspenseful, literate and surprisingly explosive." The Miami Herald And it's something rare and precious: a wise book." San Jose Mercury News It's a book of poignant insight into the temper of the times. near-hallucinatory clarity and verisimilitude, but also to make you realize that the world of his novel is our world.
Astoundingly enjoyable." O, The Oprah Magazine "Magnificently imagined." San Francisco Chronicle Stunningly orderly and harmonious." The Seattle Times
Saturday is almost too good to bear." The Times-Picayune On the level of the sentence, McEwan is smart, witty and insightful. For sheer intelligence and skill, it's hard to beat Ian McEwan's Saturday." The Philadelphia Inquirer Saturday proceeds serenely into very different territory where the most secure existence is ringed by sinister possibilities." Time skill at weaving together suspense, psychological depth and beautiful prose makes him among Britain's best." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A thoughtful, measured and mature look at our world today. reinforces Ian McEwan's status as the supreme novelist of his generation." The Sunday Times (London) "One of the most powerful pieces of post-9/11 fiction yet published." The New York Times "In Saturday, the marvelously gifted Ian McEwan turns a single day into nearly twenty-four hours emblematic of an entire era." Chicago Tribune More audacious than Atonement." The Baltimore Sun "This is McEwan at the height of his powers. He has achieved a complete mastery of his craft." The New York Observer "McEwan is in the first tier of novelists writing in English today.
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