This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. It is completely and utterly outstanding.
I read the book way before seeing the movie but seriously the movie was fluff. Rarely have I disliked a movie version to this extreme. I consider the book a five and the movie a 2. Because this chapter of their lives will change them in ways they never could have anticipated. This book is so much more literary than ever given credit for. Is this "deal" doable? Or will it taint their lives forever? Destroy their innocence? Will they turn on each other.and themselves? You can see them in the men's interactions. The fact that Josh is Jewish and Ibrahim is an Arab is fascinating and the cultural themes are explored deeply as well. Can a marriage ever be the same after infidelity? Is it infedelity if the husband consents? And is it prostitution? Can one just take the money and move on? How much is to much? And will having money satisfy you in the most basic of ways?Īdultery. One million dollars for a night with his wife.Īnd that is where the destruction starts. And from the moment Ibrahim sees her, he desires her. He is a king of the casinos, at the top of the one percent, able to blow ten thousand dollars like it is pennies.Īnd Ibrahim wants something. Ibrahim is everything Josh would like to be. This has left Josh with the fear that happiness can be taken from him at any moment. She is his "mainline blonde" and both of them left their previous spouses to be together. He hates his job.he LOATHES it but can see no way out.Īs much as Josh deplores his work, that is how deeply he loves his wife Joan. He is poor.and at the mercy of the corporate world. Josh is a speech writer in Philly who hates his life with a passion. In the book, it explores, very deeply, themes that the movie really sort of.for lack of a better term.blew off. I will write more when I have time but the worst thing a reader could do is not take this book seriously, not read it and miss out on an incredible reading experience. The books is a masterpiece, a psychological exploration of good and evil and of human nature and is nothing like the movie. That was 30 years ago and I don't think that there's a day that goes by that I don't think about her, I don't want that to happen again". It was awful, I wanted to tear the doors open.Īnd I went back every night, same time, for two weeks, but she never showed up. ― Jack Engelhard, Indecent Proposal The books is a masterpiece, a p "Then I got to where I was gonna get off, and got off, the doors closed, and as the train was pulling away she looked right at me and gave me the most incredible smile. And I went back every night, same time, for two weeks, but she never showed up. It was awful, I wanted to tear the doors open. "Then I got to where I was gonna get off, and got off, the doors closed, and as the train was pulling away she looked right at me and gave me the most incredible smile.