SATURDAY

Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man - a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind and proud father of two grown-up children. Unusually, he wakes before dawn, drawn to the window of his bedroom and filled with a growing unea se. What troubles him as he looks out at the night sky is the state of the world - the impending war against Iraq, a gathering pessi mism since 9/11, and a fear that his city and his happy family life are under threat.Later, Perowne makes his way to his weekly squa sh game ...[Read more]