{"product_id":"9781771835985","title":"Call Me Stan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLong-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal for Humour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen King Priam's pregnant daughter was fleeing the sack of Troy, Stan was there. When Jesus of Nazareth was beaten and crucified, Stan was there - one cross over. Stan has been a Hittite warrior, a Roman legionnaire, a mercenary for the caravans of the Silk Road and a Great War German grunt. He’s been a toymaker in a time of plague, a reluctant rebel in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and an information peddler in the cabarets of post-war Berlin. Stan doesn't die, and he doesn't know why. And now he's being investigated for a horrific crime. As Stan tells his story, from his origins as an Anatolian sheep farmer to his custody in a Toronto police interview room, he brings a wry, anachronistic perspective to three thousand years of Eurasian history. \u003cem\u003eCall Me Stan\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a man endlessly struggling to adjust as the world keeps changing around him. It is a Biblical epic from the bleachers, a gender fluid operatic love quadrangle, and a touching exploration of what it is to outlive everyone you love. Or almost everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"K.R. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":50361767133541,"sku":"9781771835985","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f45c05eb-7fa0-4549-9bdd-e2c81b203599.jpg?v=1790100081","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9781771835985","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}