{"product_id":"9781250473943","title":"The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Justifiably considered the French \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work of true crime-and a deeply personal investigation of inexplicable evil. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"On the Saturday morning of January 9, 1993, while Jean-Claude Romand was killing his wife and children, I was with mine in a parent-teacher meeting.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins Emmanuel Carrère's unclassifiable masterpiece, now newly reissued. The crimes shocked France. For eighteen years, Romand's life was the model of bourgeois contentment. Peers admired him as a doting family man, a loving son who called his parents every evening, and a respected researcher at the World Health Organization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut those were all lies: Romand had never graduated from medical school or worked at the WHO. He spent his days wandering in the forest; he supported his family by defrauding relatives. When cracks appeared in his façade, Romand reacted in a way even he couldn't explain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmmanuel Carrère is \"widely understood as France's greatest writer of nonfiction\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e); \u003ci\u003eThe Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e, his account of the life, crimes, and trial of Jean-Claude Romand, is his magnum opus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43650213478461,"sku":"9781250473943","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781250473943_p0.jpg?v=1789855322","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781250473943","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}