Beyond the Book: Background information when reading Saturday

Name: Saturday
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Ian McEwan
ISBN: 9780385511803

Saturday

by Ian McEwan

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First Published:
Mar 22, 2005, 304 pages

Paperback:
Apr 2006, 304 pages

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- UK (Britain) & Ireland
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- Mid-Life Onwards
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Ian McEwan was born in 1948 in Aldershot, England, and now lives in London. His works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim, including being shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction three times, and winning the award for Amsterdam in 1998.

Bibliography

First Love, Last Rites (stories) 1975
In Between the Sheets (stories) 1978
The Cement Garden, 1978
The Comfort of Strangers, 1981
The Imitation Game, 1981
Or Shall We Die?, 1983
The Ploughman's Lunch, 1985
Rose Blanche (children)
The Child in Time, 1987
The Innocent, 1989
Sour Sweet, 1989
Black Dogs, 1992
The Daydreamer, 1994 (children)
Enduring Love, 1997
Amsterdam, 1998
Atonement, 2001
Saturday, 2005

Useful link: A very complete bibliography at McEwan's website, including books by him and about him.

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