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Neurosurgeon Henry Perowne has a distinguished career, a house in a prestigious part of London, and a Mercedes S-Class in the garage. His daughter is a young poet, his son is a talented blues musician, his godfather is a classic of English literature, and his wife is a distinguished lawyer.

Henry Perowne owns the modern West. The world is his. He is a member of the Western elite both materially and intellectually. The doctor has "everything", and even his wife is always ready when he wants her. But a minor traffic collision with a red, used BMW will introduce a lower-class threat into that class paradise. At the end of a long Saturday, Dr. In the middle of his own house, Perowne will find himself face to face with thugs armed with knives, and his intellectual, moral and psychological superiority will be put to the test.

"Saturday" is a novel celebrating the superiority of the Western elite. It is not only about class superiority, but global superiority as well. Parallel to the private threat of the Perowne family, the famous Ian McEwan (Booker for 1998) also establishes a global threat. The war in Iraq has just begun. A terrorist threat hangs over London. But just as there is no doubt about the class superiority of dr. Perowne is not even in the civilization one.