In Conversation with Author K.R. Wilson
Channel: all about canadian books 
Date: 24/02/2022

What role does immortality play in K.R. Wilson's novel Call Me Stan: A Tragedy in Three Millennial. Let's find out..

Kevin also discusses what it's like to research and write a novel that covers such an expansive timeline--three millennial is A LOT!

Here's the synopsis.
When 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. 

Call Me Stan 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.

To purchase: 
https://www.guernicaeditions.com/title/9781771835985

K.R. Wilson has a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory and Composition from the University of Calgary, according to him, “This probably explains why there’s so damn much music in his books.” Kevin’s debut novel An Idea About My Dead Uncle received the inaugural Guernica Prize for an unpublished manuscript in 2018. Call Me Stan is his second novel. It was published by Guernica Editions. 

It's all about the music. Kevin sings in a 100-voice choir (I wish I could sing, this would be magnificent). 
Pax Christi Chorale website: https://www.paxchristichorale.org/
Pax Christi Chorale YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCESFXIiQuqPQSevTlVC0Q7g/videos

If you're looking for K.R. Wilson:
Website: https://krwilson.ca/
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