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From the bestselling author of War of the Roses, now a major motion picture: The Roses, starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The romance novel that sparked an unprecedented Hollywood bidding war—receiving $1.2million—the largest sum paid for an unpublished book at its time.
Ken Kramer and his wife, Maggie, appear to have a comfortable life and loving marriage. But their peaceful life is shattered when Ken is taken along on a business dinner and introduced to Maggie's major client, Eliot, and his wife, Carol—who happens to be Ken's old flame. Though Carol was once the love of his life and the object of his sexual obsession as a young man, the Carol he meets seems determined to not recognize him at the dinner table.
Baffled by her non-recognition, he learns that she has totally reinvented herself and snagged a rich husband who has no knowledge of her real early life. As Maggie and Eliot grow closer the love and sexual obsession between Ken and Carol rekindles—only for the plot to thicken as both couples embark on an African Safari with startling and tragic results.
The romance novel that sparked an unprecedented Hollywood bidding war—receiving $1.2million—the largest sum paid for an unpublished book at its time.
Ken Kramer and his wife, Maggie, appear to have a comfortable life and loving marriage. But their peaceful life is shattered when Ken is taken along on a business dinner and introduced to Maggie's major client, Eliot, and his wife, Carol—who happens to be Ken's old flame. Though Carol was once the love of his life and the object of his sexual obsession as a young man, the Carol he meets seems determined to not recognize him at the dinner table.
Baffled by her non-recognition, he learns that she has totally reinvented herself and snagged a rich husband who has no knowledge of her real early life. As Maggie and Eliot grow closer the love and sexual obsession between Ken and Carol rekindles—only for the plot to thicken as both couples embark on an African Safari with startling and tragic results.
From the bestselling author of War of the Roses, now a major motion picture: The Roses, starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The romance novel that sparked an unprecedented Hollywood bidding war—receiving $1.2million—the largest sum paid for an unpublished book at its time.
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Warren Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 16, 1927. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from New York University. He was a reporter for the New York Daily News, served in the Army during the Korean War, worked as an advisor to President Nixon during his first term, owned four radio stations and a TV station, ran an advertising and public relations agency in Washington, D.C., and was one of the founders of the Washington Dossier magazine. He became a full-time writer in 1974. He wrote over 50 novels during his lifetime including The War of the Roses, Private Lies, The Sunset Gang, The Children of the Roses, Random Hearts, and Funny Boys. He wrote short story collections including New York Echoes and plays including Libido. He died of complications from liver cancer on April 15, 2019 at the age of 91.
Warren Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 16, 1927. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from New York University. He was a reporter for the New York Daily News, served in the Army during the Korean War, worked as an advisor to President Nixon during his first term,...
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