{"product_id":"the-old-world-wilson-roberts-9781515457848","title":"The Old World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRUNNING TO SAVE his life, William Buckman leaves his job as a physician in Philadelphia and returns to his childhood home in the Old World, an isolated rural community in Canaan, a town in the western hill country of Massachusetts. \u003c\/strong\u003eHe is running from Christopher Koenig, a well-known poet with second career as an assassin. Koenig, hired by the administration of Worthington Hospital, owned by the Worthington-America Medical Group, a nationwide health industry business, is terminating underinsured patients as part of a cost-reducing program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in the Old World, where he is known as Billy Buck, Buckman is forced to confront the demons of his childhood in an abusive, incestuous home at the same time he is fighting to live and reclaim his career. His struggle for survival is complicated by: His father's sudden death. His relationships with his brothers. A crazed preacher\/policeman. The arrival in the Old World of an old love. Koenig's obsessive pursuit of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is one of murder in a corrupted and corrupting health care system. It tells of the difficulties an adult has in facing down the problems of growing up in a life he has far outgrown. It also is a story of love in all its forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilson Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1515457842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781515457848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Impact\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Wilson Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44122874413311,"sku":"9781515457848","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b2f3138-fb50-4735-aa4f-4de13c53e080.jpg?v=1687427665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-old-world-wilson-roberts-9781515457848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}