{"product_id":"9781778490125","title":"Stan on Guard","description":"\u003cp\u003eIshtanu (call him Stan) is a Hittite immortal keeping his head down in Toronto and recounting some of his experiences. Tróán is an immortal Trojan princess who thought she’d killed Stan in post-war Berlin but who now knows he survived. Yes, technically Stan can die. He has just managed not to for 3200 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs their stories braid together toward a final reckoning they take us through, among other things, a subversive retelling of the Odysseus story, the resistance of pagan Lithuania against Papal crusaders, the decline of Friedrich Nietzsche in a German clinic, the arts scene in \u003cem\u003ebelle epoque\u003c\/em\u003e Paris, and the descent of Europe into the horrors of the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eStrap in.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStan On Guard\u003c\/em\u003e is the follow-up to K. R. Wilson’s tragical-comical-historical novel \u003cem\u003eCall Me Stan: A Tragedy in Three Millennia\u003c\/em\u003e, which was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal for Humour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"K.R. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":50361769328997,"sku":"9781778490125","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aa6dcf60-480e-4c7f-baaf-def05d761eee.jpg?v=1790100096","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9781778490125","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}