{"product_id":"hilty-defeats-entropy-thomas-corcoran-9798218658571","title":"Hilty Defeats Entropy","description":"Entropy: things fall apart. It is a rule of the universe. Except in Bradford Hilty's small corner of it where all sails are trimmed, all ropes neatly coiled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 2024, that fateful year of war, election politics, and cicadas. After his heroic success in \u003ci\u003eCommodore Hilty's Second Act, \u003c\/i\u003e Bradford, now 66, seems to have everything under control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one by one the problems emerge, like the cicadas from the ground. Soon they are all around him, singing their fateful song. Family crises and professional dilemmas seem too much even for him. Not to mention that his best friend, the powerful Slate Greene, seems on the verge of a tragic irreversible mistake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDare he take on such problems as these-so many, so agonizing? Readers who have followed this lovable, well-meaning contrarian through the other adventures in his life will know the answer: of course he dare! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSee Hilty now at his indomitable best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Corcoran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218658571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernice Feigenbaum \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Thomas Corcoran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49166426734847,"sku":"9798218658571","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hilty-defeats-entropy-thomas-corcoran-9798218658571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}