num_pages: 313
description: The War Between The Tates subtly dissects the disintegration of a perfect marriage. Brian Tate and his wife Erica seem to have it a strong relationship, beautiful children, good friends and enough money. But when Brian, a middle-aged professor of political science, begins an affair with a female student, the snug fabric of the Tates' lives starts to unravel alarmingly fast.Alison Lurie enters into the worlds of husband, wife, adulteress and child with equal measures of empathy and humour in this richly imagined story of a family breakdown, set in the sharply observed domain of American academia.
language: English
title: The War Between the Tates
titlecomplete: The War Between the Tates
genres: Academia, American, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, College, Fiction, The United States Of America, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1003
places: The United States of America
publisher: Vintage