The War of the Roses

“Terrifying, black-humored, black-hearted and bristling.” —Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>In this viciously black comedy, the Roses will each do whatever they can to destroy their better half—no matter the cost to themselves . . .<BR><BR>“Brutally honest and darkly humorous, revealing the complexities of love.” ― The New York Times<BR><BR>“A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story.” ―Karin Slaughter,New York Times and #1 international bestselling author

Wenn die Liebe zum Schlachtfeld wird ...Jonathan und Barbara Rose sind das perfekte Paar. Sie leben in einem wunderschönen Haus voller wertvoller Antiquitäten, haben zwei wohlgeratene Kinder und in der Garage einen teuren Ferrari. Was wünscht man sich mehr? Doch als Jonathan plötzlich einen Herzinfarkt erleidet (oder zumindest glaubt, er habe einen), wird Barbara klar, dass sie mehr vom Leben möchte - ohne ihn. Es gibt nur ein Problem: Beide wollen das Haus. Und nun beginnt ein Krieg, in dessen Verlauf alles zerstört wird, was ihnen kurz zuvor noch ach so wichtig gewesen ist ...Die Buchvorlage zum Film mit Olivia Colman und Benedict Cumberbatch komplett überarbeitet und in neuer Übersetzung 'Herrlich böse, schwarzhumorig und haarsträubend' GILLIAN FLYNN

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND OLIVIA COLMAN<BR><BR>JONATHAN AND BARBARA ROSE ARE THE PERFECT COUPLE<BR><BR> . . . living the dream in their beautiful house, filled with their precious antiques, their darling children and their prized Ferrari. Surely, it's all anyone could possibly want? <BR>But when Jonathan experiences a sudden heart attack (or so he thinks), Barbara realises 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 provide the battlefield, complete with weapons and casualties, for the escalating war that follows. <BR><BR> In this vicious black comedy, the Roses will each do whatever they can to destroy their better half - no matter the cost to themselves . . .