{"product_id":"stan-on-guard-paperback","title":"Stan on Guard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eK. R. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003ci\u003ebelle epoque\u003c\/i\u003e Paris, and the descent of Europe into the horrors of the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrap in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStan On Guard\u003c\/i\u003e is the follow-up to K. R. Wilson's tragical-comical-historical novel \u003ci\u003eCall Me Stan: A Tragedy in Three Millennia\u003c\/i\u003e, which was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal for Humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eK. R. Wilson's novel \u003ci\u003eAn Idea About My Dead Uncle\u003c\/i\u003e won the inaugural Guernica Prize in 2018, and his novel \u003ci\u003eCall Me Stan\u003c\/i\u003e was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal. His work has appeared in various literary journals and the flash fiction anthology \u003ci\u003eThis Will Only Take a Minute.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.99 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289402028281,"sku":"9781778490125","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/q82OR5a2EQ9781778490125.webp?v=1776263558","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/stan-on-guard-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}