{"product_id":"world-of-worlds-hardcover","title":"World of Worlds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Scott Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is political fiction from the front lines. An unusually evocative and immersive work based on lived experience, the authentic international narratives in WORLD OF WORLDS wrestle with the tumultuous years 1968-1981, but they are painfully, ironically current. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters, Americans mostly-tough, rebellious youth, far from home, on bad roads, usually broke-test cultural and racial limits in strange, alluring, but pitiless surroundings, exposed to relentless existential and physical pressures that threaten their moral underpinnings and their very survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWORLD OF WORLDS readers prize Vietnam-era historical fiction, post-colonial Africa travel stories, character-driven 1970s political thrillers, coming-of-age adventure. They want moral seriousness alongside the action. Anyone who has traveled the world's back roads-foreigners abroad, children of expats, tourists, students of post-independence Africa, Africans, Europeans, Americans, Australians-will recognize the authenticity immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is an accomplished novelist, journalist, and diplomat. But above all, he was there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50982323847307,"sku":"9798897471737","price":53.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/eIW4QDM2cq9798897471737.webp?v=1793292805","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/world-of-worlds-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}