{"product_id":"9781475951875","title":"While They Were Dying: The Road to Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003eSamuel Peter Shaw’s drama of love and betrayal is peopled by the Sink Set, a group of fickle, moneyed sophisticates living in London's leafy southern suburbs.  For all but one of them, the Iraq War is sobering but coincidental, a backdrop against which they shrug and carry on.  Colly Wolfson, a member of the Set, is a forty-something prize-winning architect and builder; wealthy, debonair, popular. But personal tragedy strikes him twice. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOvercome by grief and guilt, he tries to make amends, but keeps his efforts secret. For a time, he believes he might achieve a new beginning. But in 2003 – on the anniversary of his own tragedies – he is horrified by the numbing, hi-tech bombing of Baghdad. It leaves him isolated among his uncaring friends – and it unhinges him.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIncreasingly unhappy and with his marriage crumbling, he drifts into two affairs – and the downward spiral begins.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“While They Were Dying” is the story of a man falling apart – and of the efforts of his family and friends to save him; a story of love and devotion, betrayal and deception.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAnd all the while, among the laughter and the tears, is Colly's ever-present obsession with the monster in the corner – the Iraq War of Bush and Blair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126179348720,"sku":"9781475951875","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781475951875_p0.jpg?v=1763607063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781475951875","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}