Ein Samstag im Februar 2003: In London protestieren Tausende gegen einen drohenden Krieg im Irak. Auch der Neurochirurg Henry Perowne macht sich Sorgen um den Zustand der Welt, doch dann tritt die Gewalt in Form eines aggressiven, scheinbar gestörten Mannes in sein Leben und stellt ihn vor eine schwierige moralische Entscheidung.
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.
