{"product_id":"the-adversary-2","title":"The Adversary","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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48845264814285,"sku":"9781250473943","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_be6ad947-d550-4e5c-a72c-2d0f46213279.jpg?v=1792714205","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-adversary-2","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}