Flight of Aquavit - Bidulka, Anthony
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At the dead end of a desolate country road, a late-night rendezvous turns into an ambush. Russell Quant, everyone's favourite wine-swilling, wise-cracking, world-travelling, gay, Canadian prairie private eye is faced with personal threats he can't ignore, a friend who may be a foe and a cagey client with a treacherous monkey on his back. Lured to New York City, Quant tests his wit, wisdom and wiles from the Old-World grandeur of Fifth Avenue to the kaleidoscope world of Broadway's electric nightspots. The fast pace continues in Saskatoon where Quant deftly maneuvers through the twists and…mehr

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At the dead end of a desolate country road, a late-night rendezvous turns into an ambush. Russell Quant, everyone's favourite wine-swilling, wise-cracking, world-travelling, gay, Canadian prairie private eye is faced with personal threats he can't ignore, a friend who may be a foe and a cagey client with a treacherous monkey on his back. Lured to New York City, Quant tests his wit, wisdom and wiles from the Old-World grandeur of Fifth Avenue to the kaleidoscope world of Broadway's electric nightspots. The fast pace continues in Saskatoon where Quant deftly maneuvers through the twists and turns of the perilous case and a personal life rife with its own mystique and mayhem. Anthony Bidulka's novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards. Flight of Aquavit was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men's Mystery and was a finalist for the Saskatchewan Book Award. Bidulka's Going to Beautiful is the 2023 winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime Novel.
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Anthony Bidulka has dedicated his career to writing traditional genre novels in an untraditional way, developing a body of work that often features his Saskatchewan roots and underrepresented, diverse main characters. He tells serious stories in accessible, entertaining, often humorous ways.Bidulka's books have been shortlisted for and won numerous awards including the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Saskatchewan Book Award. Going to Beautiful won the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime Novel and the Independent Publisher Book Award as the Canada West Best Fiction Gold Medalist. Flight of Aquavit was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men's Mystery, making Bidulka the first Canadian to win in that category.The University of Saskatchewan inducted Anthony into the College of Education Wall of Honour and presented him the College of Arts and Science Alumni of Influence Award. He received the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Nation Builders Award and was named, along with his husband Herb, Saskatoon Citizen of the Year. For his promotion of Saskatchewan through his writing, co-founding Camp fYrefly Saskatchewan (a leadership retreat for gender and sexually diverse and allied youth), and widespread volunteer and philanthropic efforts in the community, Anthony was honoured by the selection of a two-part park in Saskatoon named Bidulka Park and Bidulka Park North.In his free time Bidulka loves to travel the world, collect art, walk his dogs, obsess over decorating Christmas trees (it's a thing) and throw a good party.Website: www.anthonybidulka.com