Indecent Proposal
by Jack Engelhard
12.95, Cover: Paperback, ISBN: 0-9674074-1-9, ©2001

The return of the controversial novel whose Arab/Jewish themes Hollywood wrote out of the motion picture!

"Is this book fun to read? You betcha! -- NY Times Book Review

Hollywoodís rendition of Jack Engelhardís novel didnít tell the real story. Within Engelhardís Indecent Proposal: The Original Novel are the explosive ingredients that are as volatile as todayís headlines. The passions and tensions of the current Middle East conflict are here as the struggle between Biblical brothers continues in this "Isaac vs. Ishmael" tale Ö but this time the prize is the American dream!

In Atlantic City, after watching a major player lose and win back millions at the blackjack table, Joshua Kane and his wife Joan are presented with a devilís deal when they meet a rich Arab sultan who offers Joshua one million dollars in exchange for a night with Joan. But that night isnít the end of their entanglement. Jew and Arab, the men are brothers even when murderously jealous. The Gentile woman is between them, but neither can wholly have her. The outcome will be a rupture of the fragile tolerance that unites the threeóa descent into a bloody triangle.

This controversial novel spawned the Hollywood blockbuster movie starring Robert Redford and Demi Mooreóa movie in which Hollywood tried to hush the Arab/Jewish themes of the story. In his foretelling and gripping tale, Engelhard captivates the reader with his controversial theme of ìWhat would you do for a million dollars?î

Is Joshua Kane ñ a Jewish speechwriter for modern corporate America and a gambler whoís willing to make a devilís deal ñ the embodiment of capitalism?

Will Ibrahim Hassan ñ the ruthless billionaire from an oil-rich royal Arab family ñ do whatever it takes to get what he doesnít possess?

Is Joshuaís Gentile beauty wife Joan ñ the million-dollar-prize caught between two men and two opposing cultures ñ the symbol of the American dream?

The New York Times Book Review thinks so. ìThe struggle between these two embraces a number of primal issues: the Jew versus significant-non-Jews, materialism versus spirituality, Israel versus the Arab countries, the past versus the future, and the religious world versus the secular one. Is this book fun to read? You betcha. Engelhard had a good idea.î

In this foretelling and gripping novel, Jack Engelhardís Indecent Proposal: The Original Novel captivates the reader with its controversial theme of ìWhat would you do for a million dollars?î

This edition includes a new cover as well as an introduction by the author revealing the story behind what happened to the novelís explosive themes that Hollywood left on the cutting floor.

Other critical acclaim for Indecent Proposal

ìThe prose is cool and muscular, the story is great. In all, the fine tension between desire and high moral principal make ìIndecent Proposalî a fast and well-crafted book...well-wrought characters, exhilarating pace..." ó Philadelphia Inquirer

ìÖwritten with the sparseness of Hemingway but the moral intensity of I.B.SingerÖî ó Michael Foster, Author, ìThree In Loveî (Harper/Collins)