The War of the Roses
- 13 Mar 2025
- 9781837263608
- £14.99
- 256 pp
- 141×220mm
- 14 Aug 2025
- 9781837263639
- £9.99
- 256 pp
- 129×198mm
- 13 Mar 2025
- 9781837263653
- £7.99
- 256 pp
- 13 Mar 2025
- 9781837263875
- £25
- 8 hrs 1 min
In a few words
Published for the first time ever in the UK, Warren Adler’s cult classic presents the violent and comedic battle of a married couple in the midst of divorce
In a few words
Published for the first time ever in the UK, Warren Adler’s cult classic presents the violent and comedic battle of a married couple in the midst of divorce
In a few words
Published for the first time ever in the UK, Warren Adler’s cult classic presents the violent and comedic battle of a married couple in the midst of divorce
In a few words
Published for the first time ever in the UK, Warren Adler’s cult classic presents the violent and comedic battle of a married couple in the midst of divorce
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-humoured, black-hearted and bristling because you’re trapped inside the self-justifying, increasingly mad minds of [Jonathan] and Barbara Rose
Gillian Flynn, Author Of Gone Girl
A high-octane tale of marital dysfunction with guaranteed laughs
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-humoured, black-hearted and bristling because you’re trapped inside the self-justifying, increasingly mad minds of [Jonathan] and Barbara Rose
Gillian Flynn, Author Of Gone Girl
A high-octane tale of marital dysfunction with guaranteed laughs
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-humoured, black-hearted and bristling because you’re trapped inside the self-justifying, increasingly mad minds of [Jonathan] and Barbara Rose
Gillian Flynn, Author Of Gone Girl
A high-octane tale of marital dysfunction with guaranteed laughs
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-humoured, black-hearted and bristling because you’re trapped inside the self-justifying, increasingly mad minds of [Jonathan] and Barbara Rose
Gillian Flynn, Author Of Gone Girl
A high-octane tale of marital dysfunction with guaranteed laughs
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‘Terrifying, black-humoured, black-hearted and bristling’ Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
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 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 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 . . .
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND OLIVIA COLMAN
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. Surely, it’s all anyone could possibly want?
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.
In this vicious black comedy, the Roses will each do whatever they can to destroy their better half – no matter the cost to themselves . . .
More about
the book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND OLIVIA COLMAN
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. Surely, it’s all anyone could possibly want?
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.
In this vicious black comedy, the Roses will each do whatever they can to destroy their better half – no matter the cost to themselves . . .
More about
the book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND OLIVIA COLMAN
‘Terrifying, black-humoured, black-hearted and bristling’ Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
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 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 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 . . .
A darkly comic study of a viciously disintegrating marriage
Macabre, humorous and occasionally harrowing
A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story
Karin Slaughter
New York TimesAdler writes with skill and a sense of scene
A darkly comic study of a viciously disintegrating marriage
Macabre, humorous and occasionally harrowing
A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story
Karin Slaughter
New York TimesAdler writes with skill and a sense of scene
A darkly comic study of a viciously disintegrating marriage
Macabre, humorous and occasionally harrowing
A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story
Karin Slaughter
New York TimesAdler writes with skill and a sense of scene
A darkly comic study of a viciously disintegrating marriage
Macabre, humorous and occasionally harrowing
A darkly twisted, sharply written, rabbit-hole of a story
Karin Slaughter
New York TimesAdler writes with skill and a sense of scene
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The trailer for the new film The Roses, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, based on The War of the Roses, Warren Adler’s darkly comic cult classic, which we are publishing in the UK for the first time ever this August.
