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For readers of ‘Verity’, the question was never simply whether Verity Crawford was telling the truth. It was whether truth itself could survive a novel in which almost everyone had a reason to manipulate it. That ambiguity helped turn Colleen Hoover’s 2018 psychological thriller into one of her most discussed books. Now, with Michael Showalter’s film adaptation arriving in cinemas on 2 October, starring Anne Hathaway as Verity, Dakota Johnson as Lowen Ashleigh and Josh Hartnett as Jeremy Crawford, readers will encounter a story that remains recognisable while making several telling departures from the page.