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This is a wonderful book, maybe because the MC is a neurosurgeon (I have a fondness for books written by or about doctors), maybe it's because there is so much reflection on marriage, family, disease, war and crime.
Henry Perowne wakes up quite early on a Saturday morning, sees from his bedroom window a plane on fire heading toward Heathrow Airport. He wants to tell his wife, Rosalind about it, but she has a busy day ahead and he doesn't want to wake her. This sets the tone for the day and they ...more
Henry Perowne wakes up quite early on a Saturday morning, sees from his bedroom window a plane on fire heading toward Heathrow Airport. He wants to tell his wife, Rosalind about it, but she has a busy day ahead and he doesn't want to wake her. This sets the tone for the day and they ...more
How much of a book do you usually read before you give it up? Very rarely am I unable to read a book to completion. The few examples I can think of are The Old Man & the Sea and One Hundred Years of Solitude. It seems that recently my patience wears out more quickly, though, as I have such little "fun" reading time that I consider it a precious commodity and will not waste it sloughing through a terrible book.
According to my Kindle, I've struggled through 27% of this book over the past months, a ...more
According to my Kindle, I've struggled through 27% of this book over the past months, a ...more
An interesting, but unlikely story of 24 hours in a London neurosurgeon's life.
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"A simple anthropological principle is involved. The principle thinking of the supernaturally inclined amounts to what his psychiatric colleagues call a problem, or an idea, of reference. An excess of the subjective, the ordering of the world in line with your needs, an inability to contemplate your own unimportance..."
from Saturday
That reminds me of so many people... ...more
from Saturday
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An artsy book, but surprisingly readable for it - McEwan draws a full world despite the narrow scope of his focus here. Interesting to read this now as many of Henry's political predictions turn out to be pretty accurate.
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