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On the 1001 must read list but removed from the 2008 edition.Paperback. 279 pages Blurb from Amazon.com: Saturday is a masterful novel set within a single day in February 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man — a successful neurosurgeon, happily married to a newspaper lawyer, and enjoying good relations with his children. Henry wakes to the comfort of his large home in central London on this, his day off. He is as at ease here as he is in the operating room. Outside the hospital, the world is not so easy or predictable. There is an impending war against Iraq, and a general darkening and gathering pessimism since the New York and Washington attacks two years before. On this particular Saturday morning, Perowne’s day moves through the ordinary to the extraordinary. After an unusual sighting in the early morning sky, he makes his way to his regular squash game with his anaesthetist, trying to avoid the hundreds of thousands of marchers filling the streets of London, protesting against the war. A minor accident in his car brings him into a confrontation with a small-time thug. To Perowne’s professional eye, something appears to be profoundly wrong with this young man, who in turn believes the surgeon has humiliated him — with savage consequences that will lead Henry Perowne to deploy all his skills to keep his family alive. My Thoughts: An amazing book. Not one that can be read too quickly in one sitting. I spent 4 solid nights reading this one, and there is so much conveyed in each sentence I didn't want to skim over any of it. It is such intelligent writing. Will either add it to the 1001 Australian branch library or Bookring it. |
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It's a Bookring. :-) I list my bookrings at The Bookring Directory! Order of Participants is not set and subject to change without notice. Bookring Guidelines The Usual Rules Apply 1. When you receive the book make a journal entry so that we all know that it has arrived safely. 2. After you have read the book, journal what you thought of it. 3. Contact the next person after you in the list for their address. Remembering to check who is after you, this may change as new people are added to try to keep the postage costs down. 4. Send the book on. 5. If you are going to keep the book for more than a month contact FreePages or make a journal entry, so I know the ring is not stalled. If you are contacted for your address and you have thousands of bookrings in your TBR pile, instead of holding up the ring or skipping the book, the order may be able to be changed so that you don't miss out. PM Freepages. Keep postage in mind though. 6. Any questions or problems PM Freepages, anytime. 7. Enjoy the ring :-) and please consider leaving a tiny footprint to show it was in your hands mine is a :-) on page 176 or on the last page whichever comes first :-) Participants briz-cowgirl(Bris, Qld, Aus)(can post international) katacs (Hungary) (prefer to post within EU) Ashleigh4985 (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)(prefers to post within EU)(skipped) Caroley (Birmingham, West Midlands, UK) (international ship) okarih (London, Greater London UK) (prefer EU ship) RuthyToothy & Mr RuthToothy (UK)(prefers to post within EU)Requested an update on the book's status on 4 Aug 2009. ISO posting for RuthyToothy WigglyWoods (Chorley, Lancashire, UK)(international ship) asked to be skiped. dastephan6 (Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA) (international ship) fushmush (Aus)(prefer to post within EU)=>skipped???? D-face (Aus) (Aus post) Fini ...... ...and back to Freepages (Canberra, AUS)=>Book is here |
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Released 3 yrs ago (1/5/2009 UTC) at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES: The bookring has started ! Placed in the post today to Briz-cowgirl Enjoy :-) |
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Released 3 yrs ago (1/20/2009 UTC) at Brisbane, Queensland Australia CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
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Released 3 yrs ago (3/13/2009 UTC) at Bookring, to the next reader -- Controlled Releases CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
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Released 3 yrs ago (4/28/2009 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
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Released 2 yrs ago (12/4/2009 UTC) at A Bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
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Released 2 yrs ago (4/17/2010 UTC) at Bookrelay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
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