You know you’re caught but you can’t escape,” aptly describes her inner conflict. “Sin is followed by a fear of being caught. Henceforth, begins Linda’s tumultuous ride through guilt and thrill, love and lust, faithfulness and infidelity, right and wrong and what ‘was’ and what ‘is’ (husband and lover). In the meantime, a magazine assignment brings her close to Jacob Koneg, a politician on the rise and also her old flame. Her seemingly perfect life - a rich, generous and faithful husband, two wonderful children, a cushy job at a magazine and head-turning looks - needs meaning as she reflects on what she has and what she desires. Although the writer manages to secure a gratifying journey for the novel’s central character Linda, he leaves his readers with an unsatisfactory tale of lust and morality.Įmbroiled in a midlife crisis, Linda happens to be a woman in need of help. Paulo Coelho’s latest book Adultery has had readers itching to get hold of a copy, but the predictable plot and clichéd language fail to make it worth the wait.
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