The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred Year Old Man, Jonas Jonasson

This was everything I expected from a follow on from The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. It's quirky, unexpected, joyful and silly, though I didn't enjoy it so much as I did the first one. It's a little less rich, there was less of the back story of Allen's life, and it was more of a known entity.

Saturday, Ian McEwan

Saturday is one Saturday in February 2003 seen through the eyes of Henry Perowne. Perowne is an affluent, experienced neurosurgeon living in central London with his wife and son. On this Saturday his father in law and daughter are coming from their respective homes in France for dinner, a family reunion. 

I found it fascinating to be in the head of Perowne; there are revelations and events on this Saturday which are dramatic but part of the Saturday is spent running errands and playing a game of squash with a colleague. McEwan captures trains of thought the everyday and minutiae really well. 

Perowne strikes a balance between being an understandable, known type of person and an individual, he isn't a grotesque. An artful, slick novel commenting on everything; family, society, politics, relationships, masculinity and London.