{"product_id":"son-of-nobody","title":"Son of Nobody","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire • Art+ • The Times • The Guardian • The Observer • The Financial Times • BBC • The Sydney Morning Herald •\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSpring 2026 Read • Featured in The American Booksellers Association's Spring 2026 Preview •\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from two commoners: an ancient soldier and modern scholar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The past is never done with: always the song continues”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it. Though it means\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e leaving his daughter and fracturing marriage back home in Canada, this is the kind of career break he desperately needs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the depths of the Bodleian Library, Harlow discovers a lost account of the Trojan War, a glimpse into the founding of Western civilization itself. He names the epic poem \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, after its protagonist, a Greek commoner identified as Psoas of Midea, but known to all as son of nobody.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs sole translator and interpreter of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, the text unlocks echoes of Ancient Greece into the present day, and a personal message to his beloved child appears. Despite the two-thousand-year gap between the two, a thread hasn’t frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of ambition, love, and grief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this masterpiece of myth, history, and domesticity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSon of Nobody\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them, and how we live—then, now, and always.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635919519800,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3705\/5288\/files\/9781039001503.jpg?v=1774637823","url":"https:\/\/whiskeyjackboutique.com\/products\/son-of-nobody","provider":"Whiskeyjack Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}