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Private Lies [Hardcover]

Warren Adler (Author)
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May 2001
Married to other people and now much older, former lovers Ken Kramer and Carol Stein meet in New York after twenty years, rekindle their romance, and try to pair their respective spouses up with each other. Reprint.
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From Publishers Weekly

Adler's ( The War of the Roses ) black comedy of destructive sexual passion concerns two unhappily married adulterers unaware that their spouses are fooling around with each other. Film rights to Tri-Star.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Passionate lovers in their youth, Carol and Ken meet again 20 years later, when their spouses develop a business arrangement. They keep their previous relationship a secret, and soon renew their affair, devising a plan to rid themselves of both mates by enabling them to fall in love with each other. This is not the stuff that great romances are made of, and the interest spurred by the story of Ken and Carol's young lives is checked by their development as selfish, flat, middle-aged adults. Even more tedious is their constant whining about unfulfilled, youthful career aspirations, he as a Hemingway imitator, she as a ballerina. Not a credible addition to this established author's large body of work, but expect demand considering that Adler penned the popular book (then film) War of the Roses (Warner, 1981). Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/90.
- Lydia Burruel Johnson, Mesa P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Stonehouse Press (May 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1590060172
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590060179
  • Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,574,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Warren Adler is a world-renowned novelist, short story writer and playwright. His 32 novels and story collections have been translated into more than 25 languages and two of his novels, The War of the Roses and Random Hearts, have been made into enormously popular movies, shown continually throughout the world.

Three short stories from his acclaimed collection, The Sunset Gang, have been adapted as a trilogy and shown repeatedly on the Public Television network.

Mr. Adler's blogs appear regularly in the Huffington Post and other sites throughout the world and his short stories appear in numerous anthologies.

Mr. Adler is a pioneer in electronic publishing. He was one of the first authors to acquire his complete backlist and to convert his entire library to digital publishing formats.

A product of the New York public school system, Mr. Adler graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and New York University, where he majored in English literature. In 2009, he was honored by being chosen "Alumni of the Year" at NYU's School of Arts and Science. He has taught novel writing at honors seminars at NYU.

After graduating from New York University with a degree in English literature, Mr. Adler worked for the New York Daily News before becoming Editor of the Queens Post, a prize winning weekly newspaper on Long Island. His column, "Pepper on the Side," became a staple of a number of newspapers in the country.

During the Korean War, after basic training, he was recruited by Armed Forces Press Service to serve in the Pentagon as the only Washington Correspondent for the service. His Washington by-line went all over the world and was published in every publication put out by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.

 

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1.0 out of 5 stars Love and Betrayal, April 18, 2000
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"jackrussellowner" (rockford, il United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Private Lies (Paperback)
Ken and Carol meet again, years after the passionate and sultry love affair of their youth. Each married to others, they plot together to end Carol's marriage. They must find a way to keep her wealth from falling prey to her prenuptual agreement, which could leave her virtually penniless, which Ken knows all to well, not being a financial success himself. This book is so far off the mark - it's really all over the place, including a Safari complete with raging elephants, a drunken guide who speaks swahili and sex drives that are just too much to be of any interest to the listener (or reader). This is adult material, with far too much of the sappy description of private body parts and their functions, usually reserved for the romance novel set. Reader, David Dukes not particularly proficient at the voice characterizations on this one. My advice - don't waste your time on this audio cassette.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love burns like the African sun in this fine novel, August 5, 2011
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It makes perfect sense that Hollywood once bought the movie rights of Private Lies. It reads like a movie. If you need to be entertained, everything you need is right here: interesting characters, adventure, passion, sex, jealousy, love and hate, and the beautiful landscapes of Africa. One can easily imagine certain actors playing the lead roles. With Private Lies Warren Adler has delivered one of his finest novels. (To know your reviewer: I've read a dozen at least. In general I'm a reader of both serious works by authors such as J.M. Coetzee and J.G. Ballard, and purely entertaining works by authors such as Warren Adler, Simenon, as well as the stuff in between, such as Philip K. Dick.) For me Private Lies ranks high with Adler's The David Embrace and Trans-Siberian Express. Why? Three reasons. Characters, plot and twists. The protagonists in Private Lies are well worked out, each with her/his own past decisions that have shaped their lives and explain the drastic actions they are about to take, influenced by the African heat. For the story please read the publisher's info. I do not want to spoil it for you here. All I'll say is: it's entertaining. In that sense it is exactly what it is intended to be: a fine escape into lies and deceit, all induced by the destructive fires of love. For a while this can be so exciting that one almost believes their lives are indeed more adventurous than our own. But it's the twisting of the plot that provides the finishing touch. Several times, up to the very end, Warren Adler surprised me with an unexpected development. So is this novel up your alley? What about the other reviews here on Amazon? I'd say: you'll probably enjoy Private Lies if you like the mixture of romance and adventure, if you like the romantic notion of the 'one love', the true love for which all others will have to take a step back. Way back. I hope you agree.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Totally mediocre novel about infidelity, December 29, 2006
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"Private Lies" is one of those forgetable novels that rip-off a "bodice ripper" and try to probe serious questions. Well, it doesn't work, but it merits more than one star. Basically, there are two married couples, and everybody is doing everybody else. The adman loves the former ballerina and the computer whiz wants the do-gooder jet setter. A lot of sex ensues and a trip to Africa happens where adman realizes he'll never be Hemingway, and the path to lust and love maybe is cleared when one is the four is killed in an accident.
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