{"product_id":"ace-of-lightning","title":"Ace of Lightning","description":"Stephen-Paul Martin’s\u003ci\u003e The Ace of Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of interconnected stories focused on a turning point in Western history: the assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria which triggered World War I, and the mysterious circumstances that led Gavrilo Princip to shoot and kill the heir apparent to one of Europe’s most powerful empires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from being a conventional work of historical fiction, Martin’s collection asks readers to think about what truly constitutes history. What would the past look like if history was written under the influence of \u003ci\u003eMad Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e? What happens when the assassination in Sarajevo becomes “the assassination in Sarajevo,” when Gavrilo Princip becomes “Gavrilo Princip,” when the past and the present shape a textual future that looks suspiciously like a past that never was and a present that never is?","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55331906945368,"sku":"9781573660587","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781573660587_f7f7e5b0-d958-4d0c-b574-c27349805ef7.jpg?v=1778672757","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ace-of-lightning","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}