Paulo Coelho is an international phenomenon. He has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide and is the most translated living author. He has won 115 international prizes and awards and in 2007 was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In searching for his own place in the world, he discovered answers for the challenges that everyone faces and, in writing THE ALCHEMIST, he succeeded in the ambition he'd nurtured since he was an adolescent: to become a writer, who is read and respected throughout the world. Paulo Coelho believes that within ourselves we all have the necessary strength to find our own destiny and his writing has helped millions to fulfil their own 'personal legend'.

This is the thought-provoking new novel from the international bestselling author whose words change lives. This is Linda's story. She's lucky. She knows that. It's what makes being unhappy even worse. Her friends advise taking medication. But Linda wants to feel more, not less. A meeting with a politician, and ex-boyfriend, reawakens a side of her that she - respectable wife, devoted mother and ambitious journalist - thought had disappeared. She embarks on a relationship that is addictive, dangerous and undeniably exciting. But the consequences are far-reaching ...Provocative and profound, ADULTERY is about discovering passion in the life you live and learning what it means to be free.