{"product_id":"stan-on-guard-k-r-wilson-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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. R. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1778490123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778490125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Guernica Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"K. R. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241482596607,"sku":"9781778490125","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2b5f59f-c104-4496-9134-93fbf0f7e098.jpg?v=1772654608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stan-on-guard-k-r-wilson-9781778490125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}