The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
All's fair when love is war. The iconic novel that “brilliantly captures the chaos of divorce, turning a personal tragedy into a universal truth.” (The Washington Post)
- Sale Date
- ISBN
- 9781638932963
- Page Count
- 256
- Language
- English
- Imprint
- Zando
Meet the Author
Warren Adler
“Terrifying, black-humored, black-hearted and bristling.” —Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
Now a major motion picture, The Roses, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, Warren Adler’s iconic 1980s tale of a crumbling marriage—an era’s defining portrait of a macabre divorce.
Jonathan and Barbara Rose are the perfect couple, living the dream in their beautiful house, filled with their precious antiques, their darling children, and their prized Ferrari in the garage. It’s all any red-blooded American could possibly want. But when Jonathan experiences a sudden heart attack (or so he thinks) Barbara realizes that she wants a new life, without him. There’s just one problem: they both want the house. For husband and wife, it’s not just a residence: it’s a passion, one that will escalate an ugly divorce into a full-blown battlefield, complete with weapons and casualties.
In this viciously black comedy, the Roses will each do whatever they can to destroy their better half—no matter the cost to themselves . . .
“Brutally honest and darkly humorous, revealing the complexities of love.” ― The New York Times
“A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story.” ―Karin Slaughter,New York Times and #1 international bestselling author
Now a major motion picture, The Roses, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, Warren Adler’s iconic 1980s tale of a crumbling marriage—an era’s defining portrait of a macabre divorce.
Jonathan and Barbara Rose are the perfect couple, living the dream in their beautiful house, filled with their precious antiques, their darling children, and their prized Ferrari in the garage. It’s all any red-blooded American could possibly want. But when Jonathan experiences a sudden heart attack (or so he thinks) Barbara realizes that she wants a new life, without him. There’s just one problem: they both want the house. For husband and wife, it’s not just a residence: it’s a passion, one that will escalate an ugly divorce into a full-blown battlefield, complete with weapons and casualties.
In this viciously black comedy, the Roses will each do whatever they can to destroy their better half—no matter the cost to themselves . . .
“Brutally honest and darkly humorous, revealing the complexities of love.” ― The New York Times
“A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story.” ―Karin Slaughter,New York Times and #1 international bestselling author
Praise for The War of the Roses
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“Brilliantly captures the chaos of divorce, turning a personal tragedy into a universal truth.”
The Washington Post -
“Brutally honest and darkly humorous, revealing the complexities of love.”
The New York Times -
“The divorcing Roses go to battle over their beautiful home and the objects in it―and take revenge to stunning heights. You may have seen the fantastic 1989 film with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, but the book is even more terrifying, black-humored, black-hearted and bristling, because you’re trapped inside the self-justifying, increasingly mad minds of Jonathan and Barbara Rose.”
Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
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