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Cult
by Warren Adler
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In this frighteningly timely novel, Adler attempts to show how
easily people can be drawn into a cult, brainwashed by a
charismatic leader, and programmed to do almost anything
including committing suicide. Barney Harrigan'a young wife has
left him for the Glories, a mysterious group approved by the IRS
as a religion. In desperation, he turns to a former lover, a
human rights activist with political connections, and to a
deprogrammer who was once a Glories member. Barney uses his
four-year-old son as a pawn, but his plan to bargain for his
wife goes tragically awry in a deadly struggle with Jeremiah,
the cult's leader. Adler (War of the Roses) has published 22
novels, two of which have been filmed, and enthusiastically
promotes the electronic publishing of his works. This book won't
win many new readers in any format, however. It's a thinly
disguised polemic on the dangers of cults, with flat characters,
awful dialog, and a wishy-washy heroine who vacillates about her
principles. Not recommended. Roland Person, Southern Illinois
Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Nelson DeMille
Warren has a fine ear for dialogue and a remarkable ability to
plumb the depths of human obsession.
New York Times Book Review
Warren Adler writes with skill and a sense of scene.
About the Author
Warren Adler’s twenty-five published novels have won popular and
critical success all over the world, and they have been
translated into more than thirty languages. Two of his books
were made into major motion pictures, the classic “The War of
the Roses” with Michael Douglas and “Random Hearts” with
Harrison Ford. Three of his acclaimed short stories were adapted
as a three-hour trilogy on PBS's American Playhouse titled, “The
Sunset Gang.” Mr. Adler’s themes deal primarily with intimate
human relationships – the mysterious nature of love and
attraction, the fragile relationships between husbands and wives
and parents and children, and the corrupting power of money.
Readers and reviewers have cited his books for their insight and
wisdom in presenting and deciphering the complexities of
contemporary life. Warren Adler is arguably the only author in
the world, published by major publishing houses, who has
reacquired the English language and foreign rights to his entire
backlist of 25 novels and set up a publishing company,
Stonehouse Press, designed to distribute his backlist worldwide
in all formats.
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